Knipescar Common

#2353 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff

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Knipescar Common, or Knipe Scar, is an upland area in the east of the English Lake District, above the River Lowther, near Bampton, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. The summit is "indefinite" but reaches 1,118 feet and there are limestone outcrops and an ancient enclosure. Wainwright commends the views which include Blencathra to the north and "a continuous skyline of the higher Pennines." ()

Coordinates: 54°33'50"N, 2°43'46"W

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Knipescar Common – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Haweswater Reservoir, Shap Abbey, St Laurence's Church, Lowther Castle.

4.4 miSW
Lake
Haweswater Reservoir
112 min walk • Nestled in the verdant landscape of the Lake District in England, Haweswater Reservoir is a testament to both human ingenuity and the serene beauty of nature. This expansive reservoir was created in the 1930s with the construction of the Haweswater Dam, primarily...
2.6 miSE
Monastery, Historical place
Shap Abbey
67 min walk • Shap Abbey was a religious house of the Premonstratensian order of Canons regular situated on the western bank of the River Lowther in the civil parish of Shap Rural, around 1.5 miles from the village of Shap, in the Eden District of Cumbria, England.
4.8 miNE
Church
St Laurence's Church
123 min walk • St Laurence's Church is in the village of Morland, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Thrimby, St Barnabas, Great Strickland, and St Cuthbert, Cliburn.
3 miN
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Lowther Castle
78 min walk • Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England. It has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the Earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.
5.3 miNW
Church
St Michael's Church
134 min walk • St Michael's Church is in the village of Barton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
3.2 miN
Garden, Park
Askham Hall
81 min walk • Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building.
4.9 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ullswater Way
126 min walk • The Ullswater Way is a 20-mile waymarked walking route around Ullswater in the English Lake District. It was created by a partnership which included The Lake District National Park Authority, the National Trust, Eden District Council, and Ullswater 'Steamers' and was opened on 25 April 2016 by broadcaster and film-maker Eric Robson.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wet Sleddale Reservoir
123 min walk • Wet Sleddale Reservoir is an artificial reservoir set amongst the Shap Fells 4 kilometres south of the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, and lies just within the boundary of the Lake District National Park.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Arthur's Pike
111 min walk • Arthur's Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, near Ullswater. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill in the Far Eastern Fells. An extensive craggy face stands above the lower reach of Ullswater.
4.8 miW
Hill
Wether Hill
122 min walk • Wether Hill is a fell in the English Lake District, between Martindale and Haweswater. It lies on the main north-south ridge of the Far Eastern Fells between Loadpot Hill and High Raise. Lesser ridges also radiate out to the east and north-west.
5.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Oddendale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
136 min walk • Oddendale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, near the large village of Shap. For transport there is the M6 motorway and the A6 road.