Slack Cross

Slack Cross is a forest in Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, England. Slack Cross is situated nearby to the hamlet Grizedale, as well as near the locality Moor Gate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Esthwaite Water and Hill Top.

Esthwaite Water

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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 - historically in Lancashire. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.

Brantwood

Museum

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Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home to a number of prominent individuals. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house serving as a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, one of its final owners.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coniston and Satterthwaite.

Coniston

Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.

Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.

Satterthwaite

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Satterthwaite is a small village with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead.

Near and Far Sawrey

Village

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, both are located in the Lake District between the village of Hawkshead and the lake of Windermere.

Slack Cross

Type: Forest
Location: Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3486° or 54° 20′ 55″ north

Longitude

-3.0206° or 3° 1′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C6R8XXH+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 166753080

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Grizedale and Moor Gate.

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