Kirkstone Pass
Kirkstone Pass is a parking area in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. Kirkstone Pass is situated nearby to the peak St Raven’s Edge, as well as near Red Screes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkstone Pass and Red Screes.
Kirkstone Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: David Gearing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkstone Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is at an altitude of 1,489 feet. It is the District's highest pass traversed by road; the A592 between Ambleside in Rothay Valley and Patterdale in Ullswater Valley.
Red Screes
Peak
Red Screes is a fell in the English Lake District, situated between the villages of Patterdale and Ambleside. It may be considered an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells, but is separated from its neighbours by low cols.
Middle Dodd
Peak
Photo: Shanesykes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middle Dodd is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Kirkstone Pass on the road from Ullswater to Ambleside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rydal and Ambleside.
Rydal
Village
Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.
Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere. Rydal is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kirkstone Pass.
Ambleside
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.
Hartsop
Hamlet
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours. Hartsop is situated 3 miles north of Kirkstone Pass.
Kirkstone Pass
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.46498° or 54° 27′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.92546° or 2° 55′ 32″ westOperator
LDNPAOpen location code
9C6VF37F+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 90617116OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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Highlights include Kirk Stone and St Raven’s Edge.
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