Waitby
Waitby is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England.
Waitby is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. The parish contains two small villages, Waitby and Smardale, plus the small hamlets of Riddlesay, Stripes and Leases, all of which are in the farmed and enclosured northern part at an elevation of around 200–300m. The southern half of the parish is mostly heath and unused for agriculture, it rises to Smardale fell; which it includes, at elevations between 300 and 400m. The civil parish of Ravenstonedale forms the boundary to the south. The western border with Crosby Garrett civil parish is formed by Scandal Beck. To the north and east lie Soulby and Kirkby Stephen civil parishes respectively. The population of the civil parish as measured at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Crosby Garrett.
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Worth seeing in and around Waitby
7 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.
- 01Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith.
2.5 km · market town in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia - 02Hartley Castle
Hartley Castle was a castle near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England.
3.2 km · quadrangular castle in Hartley, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Andrew's Church, Crosby Garrett
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Crosby Garrett, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.6 km · church in Eden, UK · Wikipedia - 04Wharton Hall
Wharton Hall in Wharton, Cumbria, England, is a medieval fortified manor house.
2.8 km · fortified manor house in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Kirkby Stephen Parish Church
Kirkby Stephen Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of England, located in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria. The church is sometimes called "St Stephen's Church", possibly by analogy to the name of the town, but there is no evidence of a formal dedication to Saint Stephen.
2.5 km · church in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06
- 07Smardale Gill Site of Special Scientific Interest
Smardale is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waitby, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 36.
2.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Waitby
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 78 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 82 km · Manchester (MAN), 125 km
- Stations
- Kirkby Stephen railway station, 1.8 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Waitby76 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £10–13
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Waitby92 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Waitby109 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Waitby
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 Waitby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Waitby
- Hartleyvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK3.3 km
- Soulbyvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK2.9 km
- Natebyvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England2.7 km
- Crosby Garretthamlet in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom2.6 km
- Whartoncivil parish in Eden, Cumbria, England2.2 km
- Smardalevillage in Cumbria, United Kingdom1.1 km