Rookhow
Rookhow is a church in Colton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Rookhow is situated nearby to the forest Quakers‘ Wood, as well as near Parrocks Busks.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Quaker
- Address: Rusland, LA12 8LA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rusland Hall and Top o’Selside.
Rusland Hall
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusland Hall is a country house in the English Lake District. The present building dates from about 1720. The Hall was owned by the Rawlinson family in the 17th and 18th centuries, and by the family of Beatrice Webb in the 19th century. Rusland Hall is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Rookhow.
Top o’Selside
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Top o'Selside is a hill in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. At 335 metres, it is the highest point of the group of hills situated between Coniston Water and Windermere. Top o’Selside is situated 2 miles northwest of Rookhow.
All Saints Church
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
All Saints Church is situated 2 miles north of Rookhow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rusland and Crosslands.
Rusland
Village
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusland is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located just to the southwest of Crosslands in the civil parish of Colton. The writer Arthur Ransome is buried in the churchyard of the parish church.
Crosslands
Hamlet
Photo: Bev Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosslands is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located just to the northeast of Rusland in the civil parish of Colton.
Oxen Park
Village
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oxen Park is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. Oxen Park lies on the watershed between Rusland and Colton Beck valleys in Westmorland and Furness, and is part of the greater Lake District region. Oxen Park is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rookhow.
Rookhow
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Colton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.29715° or 54° 17′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.02735° or 3° 1′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C6R7XWF+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1100819260OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=quaker
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