Castle Crag

Castle Crag is a peak in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 1,325 feet. Castle Crag is situated nearby to the locality Low Bank, as well as near Benn Man.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bleaberry Fell and High Seat.

Bleaberry Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bleaberry Fell is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England, with a height of 590 metres. It stands on the main watershed between Borrowdale and Thirlmere and can be climbed from either flank. Walla Crag is a subsidiary top of Bleaberry Fell.

High Seat

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

High Seat is a fell in the centre of the English Lake District. Despite being below 2,000 feet in elevation, it is the highest point for about three miles in any direction; a consequence of the curious fact that the centre of the district is lower than the surrounding parts.

Raven Crag

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Raven Crag is a fell in the English Lake District that overlooks Thirlmere reservoir. It has subsidiary summits The Benn and Castle Crag.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keswick and Borrowdale.

Keswick

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.

Borrowdale

Photo: Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Borrowdale is a valley and civic parish in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. The valley caters to lowland visitors and hill-walkers with hotels, guesthouses, holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, youth hostels and campsites.

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.

Castle Crag

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,325 feet
Category: landform
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5602° or 54° 33′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.0843° or 3° 5′ 4″ west

Elevation

1,325 feet (404 metres)

Open location code

9C6RHW68+37

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8035009339

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Highlights include Castle Crag Fort and The Benn.

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