Swinside Houses

Swinside Houses is a building in Lorton, Cumberland, England. Swinside Houses is situated nearby to Lorton Fells, as well as near the peak Brown How.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whinlatter and Whinlatter Pass.

Whinlatter

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whinlatter is a small fell in the north west of the English Lake District, just north of the Whinlatter Pass. It is easily climbed from the top of the Whinlatter Pass, through the Forestry England plantations.

Whinlatter Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Whinlatter Pass is a mountain pass in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located on the B5292 road linking Braithwaite, to the west of Keswick, with High Lorton to the south of Cockermouth.

Graystones

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Graystones is a fell in the English Lake District. It lies in the North Western Fells region and is one of the peaks on the ridge which encircles the valley of Aiken Beck.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornthwaite and Lorton.

Thornthwaite

Village

Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. Thornthwaite is situated 2 miles east of Swinside Houses.

Lorton

Village

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lorton is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The village is in two parts: Low Lorton and High Lorton, with the parish church of St Cuthbert standing between them. Lorton is situated 2½ miles west of Swinside Houses.

Thackthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thackthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, from which hikers can climb Low Fell and Fellbarrow. The place-name contains thwaite. A second place called Thackthwaite is located just to the north of Little Mell Fell, at. Thackthwaite is situated 2½ miles west of Swinside Houses.

Swinside Houses

Type: Building
Location: Lorton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.61035° or 54° 36′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.25822° or 3° 15′ 30″ west

Levels

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

9C6RJP6R+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 403432388

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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