Wanthwaite Bridge

Wanthwaite Bridge is a bridge in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Wanthwaite Bridge is situated nearby to Hilltop Quarry, as well as near the motorhome stopover Mire House Short Breaks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale and High Rigg.

St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John's Church is in the valley of St John's in the Vale, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Wanthwaite Bridge.

High Rigg

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.

Low Rigg

Peak

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Low Rigg is a small hill in the English Lake District a few miles east of the town of Keswick and slightly north of its larger neighbour High Rigg. Geologically, Low Rigg is a lens-shaped laccolith consisting of an intrusion of a fine-grained granite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Threlkeld.

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.

Threlkeld

Village

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.

Chestnut Hill

Suburb

Chestnut Hill is a suburb of Keswick, England, located along the A591 road. It contains the Nether Place Nursing Home and Claremont House, a 19th-century lodge which is an AA 4 diamond hotel. Chestnut Hill is situated 2 miles west of Wanthwaite Bridge.

Wanthwaite Bridge

Type: Bridge
Category: transportation
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.59877° or 54° 35′ 56″ north

Longitude

-3.06333° or 3° 3′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C6RHWXP+GM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1311064610

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

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Highlights include Hilltop Quarry and Hilltop Quarry.

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