Sykes Farm

Sykes Farm is a farm in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Sykes Farm is situated nearby to the peak Low Rigg, as well as near the motorhome stopover Dalebottom Farm Camping Site and Caravan Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Low Rigg and St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale.

Low Rigg

Peak

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Low Rigg is a small hill in the English Lake District a few miles east of the town of Keswick and slightly north of its larger neighbour High Rigg. Geologically, Low Rigg is a lens-shaped laccolith consisting of an intrusion of a fine-grained granite.

St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John's Church is in the valley of St John's in the Vale, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale is situated 2,200 feet east of Sykes Farm.

High Rigg

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Chestnut Hill.

Castlerigg stone circle

Locality

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castlerigg stone circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters.

Chestnut Hill

Suburb

Chestnut Hill is a suburb of Keswick, England, located along the A591 road. It contains the Nether Place Nursing Home and Claremont House, a 19th-century lodge which is an AA 4 diamond hotel.

Keswick

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.

Sykes Farm

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.59156° or 54° 35′ 30″ north

Longitude

-3.08496° or 3° 5′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C6RHWR8+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 495715335

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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Highlights include Dalebottom Farm Camping Site and Caravan Park and Holy Well of St. John the Baptist.

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