Lake Head Car Park
Lake Head Car Park is a parking area in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Lake Head Car Park is situated nearby to the forest Fence Wood, as well as near the peak Yewbarrow.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yewbarrow and 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.
St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale is situated 1 mile northeast of Lake Head Car Park.
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 1¼ miles north of Lake Head Car Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Boot.
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.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 4 miles south of Lake Head Car Park.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 4 miles southwest of Lake Head Car Park.
Lake Head Car Park
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.456° or 54° 27′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.26257° or 3° 15′ 45″ westOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9C6RFP4P+9XOpenStreetMap ID
way 462708990OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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Highlights include Fence Wood and Stone Pillar.
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