English Block

English Block is a building in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. English Block is situated nearby to Windermere School, as well as near the forest Blackmire Spring.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Windermere School and Holehird Gardens.

Windermere School

School

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Windermere School is a independent co-educational boarding and day school in the English Lake District. Founded in 1863, it has approximately 300 pupils between the ages of 3 and 18, around a third of whom are boarders. Windermere School is situated 660 feet south of English Block.

Holehird Gardens

Garden

Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. The garden consists of a large variety of plants, particularly those suited to the local climate with its high rainfall. Holehird Gardens is situated 1,800 feet northeast of English Block.

Orrest Head

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed. Orrest Head is situated 3,800 feet southeast of English Block.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troutbeck Bridge and Troutbeck.

Troutbeck Bridge

Village

Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

Troutbeck

Village

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Troutbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in Westmorland and Furness unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Troutbeck is situated 1½ miles north of English Block.

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.

English Block

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

54.39481° or 54° 23′ 41″ north

Longitude

-2.91353° or 2° 54′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C6V93VP+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 260350643

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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