Whin Rigg, Eskdale Green

Name: Whin Rigg
Address: Eskdale Green, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in Eskdale Green

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of Whitehaven. It reaches only a modest altitude of 535 m but is part of one of the Lake District’s most dramatic landscapes in that the rugged and impressive Wastwater Screes fall from the fells summit to Wast Water over 450 m below. The fell's name means “gorse covered ridge” and originates from the Old Norse words “Hvin” meaning gorse and “Hryggr” meaning Ridge. ()

Elevation: 1755 ftProminence: 190 ftCoordinates: 54°25'9"N, 3°18'31"W

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Eskdale Green United Kingdom

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Whin Rigg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wast Water, Church of St Olaf, St Catherine's Church, Giggle Alley.

1.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wast Water
43 min walk • Wast Water is a spectacular and serene lake nestled in the remote western reaches of the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With its dramatic and rugged beauty, Wast Water holds the title of the deepest lake in England, plunging to depths of nearly 260...
4 miNE
Church, Historical place
Church of St Olaf, Lake District National Park
102 min walk • St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is England's smallest parish church. The earliest record of the church is from 1550, though it probably predates this, and it is likely that there was an earlier church on this site.
2.5 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Catherine's Church, Eskdale Green
64 min walk • St Catherine's Church is in the village of Boot, Cumbria, England. It is the Anglican parish church of Eskdale, Cumbria, and is in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of Irton, St Paul, Muncaster, St Michael, and St John, Waberthwaite.
2.1 miS
Park
Giggle Alley, Eskdale Green
53 min walk • Giggle Alley is a woodland in Eskdale Green, Cumbria, England. It was formerly part of the Gate House estate. The wood includes the ruins of a Japanese garden, created in 1914 as part of the estate. It was laid out by the team of Thomas Hayton Mawson.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Haycock
121 min walk • Haycock is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It rises between Scoat Fell and Caw Fell to the south of Ennerdale and the north of Wasdale.
1.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blea Tarn, Eskdale Green
44 min walk • Blea Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, located about half a mile north of Beckfoot. Located at an elevation of 217 m, the lake has an area of 3.3 hectares and measures 277 m × 150 m, with a maximum depth of 11 m.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Burnmoor Tarn
53 min walk • Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is one of the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.
4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Foxes Tarn, Lake District National Park
103 min walk • Foxes Tarn is one of the smallest named tarns in the Lake District of England, situated slightly to the east of the summit of Sca Fell.
1.4 miNE
Hill
Illgill Head, Eskdale Green
37 min walk • Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
2.4 miN
Hill
Middle Fell, Eskdale Green
60 min walk • Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater.
3.2 miN
Hill
Seatallan, Eskdale Green
81 min walk • Seatallan is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It is rounded, grassy and fairly unassuming, occupying a large amount of land.