Skelthwaite Crag
Skelthwaite Crag is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Skelthwaite Crag is situated nearby to the locality Ullock Coppice, as well as near Row End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Low Rigg and St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale.
Low Rigg
Peak
Low Rigg is a small hill in the English Lake District a few miles east of the town of Keswick and slightly north of its larger neighbour High Rigg. Geologically, Low Rigg is a lens-shaped laccolith consisting of an intrusion of a fine-grained granite.
St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church is in the valley of St John's in the Vale, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.
High Rigg
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Chestnut Hill.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters.
Chestnut Hill
Suburb
Chestnut Hill is a suburb of Keswick, England, located along the A591 road. It contains the Nether Place Nursing Home and Claremont House, a 19th-century lodge which is an AA 4 diamond hotel.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. Threlkeld is situated 2 miles northeast of Skelthwaite Crag.
Skelthwaite Crag
Latitude
54.59386° or 54° 35′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.08457° or 3° 5′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C6RHWV8+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5778963058OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ullock Coppice and Row End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holy Well of St. John the Baptist and Dalebottom Farm Camping Site and Caravan Park.
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