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Routenbeck

Routenbeck is a hamlet in Cumbria, England.

The place

Routenbeck is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located at the northern foot of Sale Fell, near the north-west edge of Bassenthwaite Lake. Routenbeck is just over 2 miles south-west of the village of Bassenthwaite and 5 miles east of the town of Cockermouth. It contains an Old Vicarage. The nearest pub is the Pheasant Inn, about a third of a mile along the road to the north-east.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Routenbeck

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Bassenthwaite Lake

    Bassenthwaite Lake is a body of water in the Lake District in North West England, near the town of Keswick. It has an area of 5.3 km2, making the fourth largest of the lakes in the region.

    2.5 km · lake in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Watch Hill

    Watch Hill is a small hill lying on the north-western fringe of the Lake District in England. It has a height of 833 feet and a prominence of 515 feet.

    3.9 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Broom Fell

    Broom Fell is a hill with the status of a Wainwright in the English Lake District. It lies on a ridge connecting Lord's Seat and Graystones.

    3.4 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Lord's Seat

    Lord's Seat is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the highest of the group of hills north of Whinlatter Pass in the North Western Fells.

    4 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Armathwaite Hall

    Armathwaite Hall is a luxury hotel and spa adjacent to Bassenthwaite Lake, in Cumbria.

    2.4 km · Grade II listed building in Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bassenfell Manor

    Bassenfell Manor is a manor house in Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, overlooking Bassenthwaite Lake in England's Lake District. It is used as a Christian residential centre hosting school groups, youth groups, church groups and holidays for individuals and families.

    3.2 km · manor house in Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, overlooking Bassenthwaite Lake in England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Coledale

    Coledale is a valley in the northwestern region of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.

    1.7 km · valley in the Lake District, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Ling Fell

    Ling Fell is a small hill in the north west of the Lake District in the United Kingdom. It is close to the village of Wythop Mill, from where it can easily be climbed.

    2.5 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Sale Fell

    Sale Fell is a small hill near Cockermouth in the English Lake District. It is popular with locals, as it offers gentle walking and lovely views across Bassenthwaite Lake to Skiddaw.

    700 m · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Routenbeck

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 108 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 110 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 126 km
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Routenbeck
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £12–16
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Routenbeck
    127 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £18–24
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Routenbeck
    147 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £19–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Routenbeck

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Routenbeck. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    157 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    191 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    219 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    302 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    321 km

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Around it

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