Highs Intake

Highs Intake is a forest in Claife, Westmorland and Furness, England. Highs Intake is situated nearby to the locality Rough Hows Intake, as well as near Robinson’s Intake.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hill Top and Esthwaite Water.

Hill Top

Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0.

Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria - historically in Lancashire. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.

Esthwaite Water

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area.

Hawkshead Grammar School

Museum

Photo: FFNick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, the incumbent Archbishop of York, whose family came from the Hawkshead area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Hawkshead.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.

Hawkshead

Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.

Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.

Highs Intake

Type: Forest
Location: Claife, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3733° or 54° 22′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.9695° or 2° 58′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C6V92FJ+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 571966552

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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