Highs Moss

Highs Moss is a lake in Claife, Westmorland and Furness, England. Highs Moss is situated nearby to the locality Birkley Moss, as well as near Highs Intake.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hill Top and Esthwaite Water.

Hill Top

Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0.

Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.

Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area, historically part of Lancashire.

Belle Isle

Islet

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Hawkshead.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.

Hawkshead

Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.

Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.

Highs Moss

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Claife, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3737° or 54° 22′ 25″ north

Longitude

-2.9635° or 2° 57′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C6V92FP+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 142917231

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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