Green Tuft Island

Green Tuft Island is an islet in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. Green Tuft Island is situated nearby to the locality Brathay Rocks, as well as near Gale Naze Crag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wray Castle and Stagshaw Garden.

Wray Castle

Castle

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Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in Cumbria within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929.

Stagshaw Garden is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.

Ambleside Roman Fort

Archaeological site

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Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as those of either Galava or Clanoventa, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brathay and Clappersgate.

Brathay

Hamlet

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Brathay is a hamlet in Skelwith parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the hamlet lies close to Clappersgate on the south bank of the River Brathay, and is about 0.9 miles south west of Ambleside.

Clappersgate

Hamlet

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Clappersgate is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the county of Cumbria, England. Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay.