Claife Heights, Ambleside

Name: Claife Heights
Address: Ambleside, United Kingdom

#25 among attractions in Ambleside

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England. It has a topographic prominence of 177 metres so is classified as a Marilyn. ()

Elevation: 886 ftCoordinates: 54°22'5"N, 2°57'7"W

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Ambleside United Kingdom

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Claife Heights – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Windermere, Hill Top, Windermere Jetty, Windermere Way.

0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Windermere
16 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Windermere stands as the largest natural lake in England. This ribbon lake was formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Today, it is a centerpiece of the region...
1.4 miSW
Museum, History museum
Hill Top, Hawkshead
35 min walk • Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.
1.2 miE
Museum
Windermere Jetty, Windermere
32 min walk • Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories is a museum on the eastern shore of Windermere between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere in Cumbria, England. It reopened in March 2019 after 12 years' closure and redevelopment work.
1 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Windermere Way
27 min walk • The Windermere Way is a 45-mile circuit of Windermere, a lake in the English Lake District. The route is wholly within the Lake District National Park and takes in the summits of Wansfell, Loughrigg Fell and Gummer's How as well as passing through the towns of Ambleside and Windermere.
1.2 miE
54°21'45"N • 2°55'23"W
Windermere Lake Cruises, Windermere
32 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Boat tours
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Moss Eccles Tarn
20 min walk • Moss Eccles Tarn is a tarn on Claife Heights, near Near Sawrey in the Lake District, Cumbria. It is currently owned by the National Trust and known as an attractive tarn for fishing and walking.
0.8 miSE
Island
Belle Isle, Windermere
21 min walk • Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length. The Roman governor at Ambleside built a villa on the island. In 1250 it was the seat of the district's Lord of the Manor.
1.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Latterbarrow, Grasmere
37 min walk • Latterbarrow is a hill in the English Lake District, east of Hawkshead, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.