Wastwater Pumps

Wastwater Pumps is a pumping station in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Wastwater Pumps is situated nearby to the peak Whin Rigg, as well as near High Birkhow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whin Rigg and St Michael & All Angels, Nether Wasdale.

Whin Rigg

Peak

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of Whitehaven.

St Michael & All Angels, Nether Wasdale

Church

Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Michael & All Angels' Church in Nether Wasdale, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Gosforth and Wasdale. The church is a Grade II* listed building. St Michael & All Angels, Nether Wasdale is situated 1¼ miles west of Wastwater Pumps.

Buckbarrow

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m. Buckbarrow is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wastwater Pumps.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Eskdale Green.

Nether Wasdale

Village

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake.

Eskdale Green

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.

Boot

Village

Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wastwater Pumps.

Wastwater Pumps

Type: Pumping station
Categories: building and industry
Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.42323° or 54° 25′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.31741° or 3° 19′ 3″ west

Operator

Electricity North West

Open location code

9C6RCMFM+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 161539762

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pumping_station

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Highlights include High Birkhow and High Scales Wood.

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