Thornthwaite Crag, Ambleside

Name: Thornthwaite Crag
Address: Ambleside, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Ambleside

Nature, Hill, Natural attraction, Cliff

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Thornthwaite Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir. It is a focal point of the Far Eastern Fells, standing at the head of several valleys. ()

Elevation: 2572 ftProminence: 98 ftCoordinates: 54°28'57"N, 2°52'44"W

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Ambleside United Kingdom

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Thornthwaite Crag – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kentmere Reservoir, Stony Cove Pike, Blea Water, High Street.

1.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kentmere Reservoir
38 min walk • Kentmere Reservoir is a water storage facility situated in the Kentmere valley in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located 10.5 kilometres north-northeast of the town of Windermere.
1.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Stony Cove Pike
30 min walk • Stony Cove Pike is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It stands on the other side of the Kirkstone Pass from Red Screes, and is on the end of a ridge coming down from High Street.
1.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blea Water
30 min walk • Blea Water is a tarn or corrie lake which occupies a glacially excavated hollow immediately to the east of High Street in the Lake District, England. At just over 200 feet deep, it is the deepest tarn in the Lake District.
0.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Street
22 min walk • High Street is a fell in the English Lake District. At 828 metres, its summit is the highest point in the far eastern part of the national park. The fell is named after the possible Roman road which ran over the summit.
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Mardale Ill Bell, Ambleside
26 min walk • Mardale Ill Bell is a fell in the English Lake District, rising to the south west of Haweswater Reservoir. It stands on the watershed between Mardale and Kentmere and is the highpoint of the south-eastern ridge of High Street, midway on its course to Harter Fell.
1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Gray Crag, Ambleside
30 min walk • Gray Crag is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Froswick, Ambleside
25 min walk • Froswick is a fell in the English Lake District, standing on the fine narrow ridge between the valleys of Kentmere and Troutbeck.