Bigland Barrow, Lake District National Park

Name: Bigland Barrow
Address: Lake District National Park, United Kingdom

#85 among attractions in Lake District National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Bigland Barrow is a hill in the English Lake District, near Backbarrow, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It reaches 630 feet, and there is a concrete lookout tower on the summit which Wainwright describes as "a wartime relic". Wainwright's route is an anticlockwise circuit from Newby Bridge. ()

Coordinates: 54°14'51"N, 2°58'38"W

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Lake District National Park United Kingdom

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Bigland Barrow – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lakeland Motor Museum, St Mary's Church, Bigland Tarn, Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.

0.9 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Lakeland Motor Museum
24 min walk • The Lakeland Motor Museum is a museum now located at Backbarrow, Cumbria, England which houses a collection of classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles, pedal cars and motoring related items and memorabilia and an exhibition dedicated to the land and water speed record activities of Sir Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald.
1.5 miNE
Church
St Mary's Church
40 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the village of Staveley-in-Cartmel, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bigland Tarn, Cartmel
22 min walk • Bigland Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, about 3/4 mile southeast of Haverthwaite. Located at an elevation of 158 m, the lake has an area of 5.1 hectares and measures 325 m × 225 m.
0.9 miW
Scenic railroads, Tours, Train station
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
24 min walk • The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a 3.2-mile-long heritage railway in Cumbria, England.