Birch Bank

Birch Bank is a farmhouse in Blawith and Subberthwaite, Westmorland and Furness, England. Birch Bank is situated nearby to the archaeological site Giant’s Grave, as well as near Heathwaite Settlement.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blawith Knott and Burney Tarn.

Blawith Knott

Peak

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Blawith Knott is a hill in the south of the English Lake District, near Woodland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Burney Tarn

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Burney Tarn is situated 1 mile southwest of Birch Bank.

Kirkby Slate Quarries, formally known as Burlington Slate Quarries, are located near Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. The quarries have produced a characteristic blue-grey slate for over 450 years, with large-scale production starting in the early 19th… Kirkby Slate Quarries is situated 2½ miles south of Birch Bank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodland and Gawthwaite.

Woodland

Locality

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Woodland is a dispersed hamlet within the civil parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the Furness region of Cumbria, England, and is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, west of Coniston Water, between Torver and Broughton-in-Furness.

Gawthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gawthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. It is located along the A5092 road, 4.8 miles north of Ulverston. It is on the Gawthwaite Beck stream, on the edge of Lake District National Park. Gawthwaite is situated 2 miles southeast of Birch Bank.