Moora

Moora is a locality in Barton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Moora is situated nearby to the locality Lanty Crag, as well as near Bampton Common.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lowther Castle and Heughscar Hill.

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. Lowther Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Moora.

Heughscar Hill

Peak

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Heughscar Hill is situated 2 miles northwest of Moora.

Church of St Patrick

Church

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Church of St Patrick is situated 2 miles southeast of Moora.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butterwick and Helton.

Butterwick

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Butterwick is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, near the village of Helton.

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.

Moora

Type: Locality
Location: Barton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.57656° or 54° 34′ 36″ north

Longitude

-2.77491° or 2° 46′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C6VH6GG+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6971025921

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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