Brackenclose
Brackenclose is a building in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Brackenclose is situated nearby to the forest Fence Wood, as well as near the hamlet Wasdale Head.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 north of Brackenclose.
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 Brackenclose.
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 Brackenclose.
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 4½ miles southwest of Brackenclose.
Brackenclose
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Building
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.45447° or 54° 27′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.25909° or 3° 15′ 33″ westOperator
Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake DistrictOpen location code
9C6RFP3R+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 86419940OpenStreetMap feature
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