Castlethwaite

Castlethwaite is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, England. Castlethwaite is situated nearby to the locality Red Scar, as well as near Good Wife Stones.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and Church of St Mary.

Pendragon Castle

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birkett Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: John Charlton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outhgill and Aisgill.

Outhgill

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Cumbria, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen. It is the main hamlet in the dale of Mallerstang which retains the Norse pattern of its original settlement: a series of small hamlets and isolated houses, with no village centre.

Aisgill

Hamlet

Photo: George Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aisgill is the southernmost of the hamlets that form the parish of Mallerstang in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the B6259 road, at the head of Mallerstang dale, just before the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Aisgill is situated 3½ miles south of Castlethwaite.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. Kirkby Stephen is situated 4 miles north of Castlethwaite.

Castlethwaite

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.41897° or 54° 25′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.33287° or 2° 19′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C6VCM98+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 828520359

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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