Crackhill Nook

Crackhill Nook is a locality in Askham, Westmorland and Furness, England. Crackhill Nook is situated nearby to the locality Potlands Gate, as well as near Howe Gill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lowther Castle and Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone.

Lowther Castle

Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.

Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone

Stone

Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heughscar Hill is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, east of Ullswater and north of High Street, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helton and Whale.

Helton

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

Whale

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.