Stonethwaite

Worth seeing in and around Stonethwaite

10 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
   High Raise

   High Raise is a fell in the Central Fells of the English Lake District, not to be confused with another High Raise situated in the Far Eastern Fells. High Raise is one of the least spectacular mountains in the district; but with a height of 762 metres it is the highest point in the central fells of Lakeland.

   4 km · mountain in the Central Fells of the Lake District, Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Glaramara

   Glaramara is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is a substantial fell that is part of a long ridge that stretches for over six kilometres from Stonethwaite in Borrowdale up to the important mountain pass of Esk Hause.

   2.9 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Honister Pass

   Honister Pass is a mountain pass in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located on the B5289 road, linking Seatoller, in the valley of Borrowdale, to Gatesgarth at the southern end of Buttermere.

   3.6 km · Mountain pass in England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dock Tarn

   Dock Tarn is a small tarn located within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, at grid reference NY273143. It is situated on moorland at 400 metres above sea level near the summit of Great Crag, midway between Watendlath, the Stonethwaite valley and Borrowdale.

   1.8 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ullscarf

   Ullscarf is a fell in the English Lake District close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south.

   3.3 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Base Brown

   Base Brown is a fell in England's Lake District, near the head of the Borrowdale Valley. It forms one side of the Seathwaite Valley, and on the western side it is flanked by the hanging valley of Gillercomb.

   3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Castle Crag

   Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet.

   3.1 km · mountain in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Great Crag

   Great Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, located near the hamlets of Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite in Borrowdale.

   1.9 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   High Spy

   High Spy is a fell in the English Lake District it is situated on the ridge that separates the Newlands Valley from Borrowdale, eight kilometres south of Keswick.

   4 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Rosthwaite Fell

    Rosthwaite Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It is situated some 12 kilometres due south of Keswick and 2 kilometres south of the village of Rosthwaite in Borrowdale.

    1.3 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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