The Rake
The Rake is a locality in Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, England. The Rake is situated nearby to the locality Low Loup, as well as near Hollow Stone.Places of Interest
Highlights include Selside Pike and Branstree.
Selside Pike
Peak
Selside Pike or Selside is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between the valleys of Mardale and Swindale in the Far Eastern Fells.
Branstree
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir.
Howes
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Howes is a subsidiary summit of Branstree in the English Lake District, south east of Selside Pike in Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mardale and Sadgill.
Mardale
Locality
Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, was raised to form Haweswater Reservoir by Manchester Corporation.
Sadgill
Village
Photo: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sadgill is a hamlet in Longsleddale, Cumbria, England. It is a divided settlement, also containing Low Sadgill. Sadgill is situated 4 miles south of The Rake.
Bampton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. Bampton is situated 4½ miles northeast of The Rake.
The Rake
Latitude
54.49867° or 54° 29′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.80233° or 2° 48′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C6VF5XX+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 7003744971OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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