Silver How, Elterwater

Name: Silver How
Address: Elterwater, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Elterwater

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Silver How is a fell in the English Lake District, standing over the village of Grasmere. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1296 ftProminence: 98 ftCoordinates: 54°27'3"N, 3°2'34"W

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Elterwater United Kingdom

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Silver How – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grasmere Lake, Dove Cottage, St Oswald's Church, Langdale axe industry.

0.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Grasmere Lake, Grasmere
22 min walk • Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, which lies immediately to the north of the lake.
1.1 miE
Historic Wordsworth house and museum
Dove Cottage, Grasmere
28 min walk • Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".
0.9 miNE
William Wordsworth, Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery
St Oswald's Church, Grasmere
23 min walk • St Oswald's Church is in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, 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. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
0.9 miW
Archaeological site
Langdale axe industry, Elterwater
23 min walk • The Langdale axe industry is the name given by archaeologists to specialised stone tool manufacturing centred at Great Langdale in England's Lake District during the Neolithic period.
1.2 miW
Archaeological site
Great Langdale, Elterwater
32 min walk • Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in North West England, the epithet Great distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale. Langdale is also the name of a valley in the Howgill Fells, elsewhere in Cumbria.
0.8 miNE
William Wordsworth
Allan Bank, Grasmere
22 min walk • Allan Bank is a grade II listed two-storey villa standing on high ground slightly to the west of Grasmere village in the heart of the Lake District.

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Which popular attractions are close to Silver How?

Nearby attractions include Allan Bank, Grasmere (22 min walk), Grasmere Lake, Grasmere (22 min walk), Langdale axe industry, Elterwater (23 min walk), St Oswald's Church, Grasmere (23 min walk).

How to get to Silver How by public transport?

The nearest stations to Silver How:

Bus

Stores • Lines: 516 (22 min walk)
Langdale C of E Primary School • Lines: 516 (22 min walk)

Silver How, Elterwater

Facts and practical information

Elterwater plan & book

Silver How – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Grasmere Lake, Grasmere

Dove Cottage, Grasmere

St Oswald's Church, Grasmere

Langdale axe industry, Elterwater

Great Langdale, Elterwater

Allan Bank, Grasmere

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Silver How?

How to get to Silver How by public transport?