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We are attempting to list all places where
photographers can photograph from spectacular viewpoints within the Lake
district and Cumbria. This is the start of a list
that will both grow over time and
hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information.
Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked
this links to a Location page with more information on this
site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of
you would like to also produce location pages.
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Viewpoint |
Near |
County |
NGR |
Website
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Notes |
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Barrowdale and the
Bowder Stone |
Borrowdale |
Cumberland |
NY255164 |
Visit Cumbria
Wiki |
The Bowder Stone is a
2000 tonne boulder balanced on one corner stands 30ft high
and 50ft wide, set in woodland.
At the north
end of Borrowdale, on the B5289 Keswick to Seatoller road at Grange. Parking
in a National Trust
car park, and a short, mostly level
with some gradual incline
walk to the
stone. |
Blea Tarn
 |
Great Langdale |
Cumberland |
NY293043 |
Visit Cumbria |
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Corney Fell Road |
Broadgate to Broad Oak |
Cumberland |
SD171897 |
StreetMap
Geograph
Geograph1
Geograph2
Geograph3 |
From the A595 past Broughton in Furness take
the minor road through Broadgate and follow, pass Swinside Stone Circle
footpath and over the cattle grid and up onto Thwaites Fell, at the Y
junction take a left, this road is very narrow and wiggles across the top
and down the other side across a bridge over Buckbarrow Beck and on through
Corney Fell going on down to Broad Oak where you can rejoin the A595. From
this road you get some fantastic views of the mountains, but also as you're
coming back down towards Broad Oak there are some fantastic views of the
sea. |
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Fell
Foot
Park |
Newby
Bridge |
Westmorland |
SD381869 |
NT |
Near Lake Windermere |
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Gummers How |
Windermere |
Westmorland |
SD390885 |
Wiki |
overlooking lake Windermere |
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Hardknott Pass |
Eskdale |
Cumberland |
NY225012 |
Wiki
StreetMap |
Very Steep, gradient 30%, and wiggly with
Hardknot Roman Fort on the roadside, there are a few parking places for
those who want to stop and look |
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Helvellyn |
Patterdale |
Cumberland |
NY337155 |
Helvellyn
Wiki |
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Honister
Pass |
Seatoller |
Cumberland |
NY225135 |
Visit Cumbria
Wiki |
On the B5289
at the southern end of Borrowdale.
One of the most
scenic and most popular routes, the road over the Honister Pass
follows the route traveled by Victorian sightseers on circular day trips
from Keswick. The road climbs from Borrowdale, to a height of 1176ft, before plunging down a precipitous grade
through the Wrynose Pass and ending up at Buttermere below. An historic slate works is located at the summit, and a National
Trust car park allows visitors to
see
the fabulous views. |
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Kirkstone
Pass |
Ambleside |
Cumberland |
NY401084 |
Wiki
Visit Cumbria
The Inn |
From Ullswater on the A592, between Patterdale and Ambleside, head through the hamlet of Patterdale and begin the
long climb up to the summit of
Kirkstone Pass,
at 1481ft
it is
the highest pass in the Lake District. The scenery is fabulous,
with views across
the
Patterdale and Troutbeck valleys. Near the summit is the
Kirkstone Inn, the 3rd highest
Inn
in England. |
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Post Knott |
Bowness on Windermere |
Westmorland |
SD406965 |
StreetMap |
A viewpoint
offering vistas of the surrounding fells and
lakes, accessed via a steep footpath close to Bowness-on-Windermere. |
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Whinlatter Pass |
Braithwaite |
Cumberland |
NY194245 |
Wiki
StreetMap |
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Wrynose Pass |
Little Langdale |
Cumberland |
NY273026 |
Rural Roads
StreetMap |
The other side of Hardknot Pass at the bottom
being Little Langdale. |
See Also:
Viewpoint photography
Finding viewpoints
This list will continue to grow as we come
across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good
place please let us know.
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