St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale
St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is England's smallest parish church. The earliest record of a church on this site is from 1550, though it is likely that there was an earlier church on this site.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: grade II listed church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St Olaf”, “Church of St Olaf, Wasdale”, “St Olaf”, and “St. Olaf’s Church, Wasdale Head”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ritson’s Force and Yewbarrow.
Ritson’s Force
Waterfall
Photo: Steve Bayley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ritson's Force is a set of waterfalls in the valley of Mosedale, in the English Lake District. It is also the river that leads past the Wasdale Head Inn and the Great Gable Brewing Company. Ritson’s Force is situated 2,200 feet northwest of St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale.
Yewbarrow
Peak
Yewbarrow is a fell, in the English Lake District, which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is 628 metres high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow.
Kirk Fell
Peak
Kirk Fell is a fell in the Western part of the English Lake District. It is situated between Great Gable and Pillar on the long ring of fells surrounding the valley of Ennerdale, and also stands over Wasdale to the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Seathwaite.
Wasdale Head
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England.
Seathwaite
Hamlet
Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 3½ miles northeast of St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale.
Gatesgarth
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass. Gatesgarth is situated 4 miles north of St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale.
St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.4671° or 54° 28′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.25356° or 3° 15′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C6RFP8W+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 331369961OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q2160000
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Russian—“St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St Olaf’s Church i Wasdale Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Olaf’s Church i Wasdale Head”
- Norwegian: “St Olaf’s Church i Wasdale Head”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Олафа”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yewbarrow North Top and Lingmell.
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