Bowder Stone, Borrowdale

Name: Bowder Stone
Address: Borrowdale, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Borrowdale

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Rock

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The Bowder Stone is a large andesite lava boulder, that fell 200 metres from the Bowder Crag on Kings How between 13,500 and 10,000 years ago. The stone is situated in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, at grid reference NY25401639. It is estimated to weigh around 2000 tons and is about 30 feet high, 50 feet across and 90 feet in circumference. There is a staircase allowing visitors to climb to the top, and has been since at least 1890. ()

Coordinates: 54°32'15"N, 3°9'17"W

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Borrowdale United Kingdom

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Bowder Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Crag, Great Crag, High Spy, Maiden Moor.

0.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Castle Crag
15 min walk • Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet.
1.4 miSE
Hill
Great Crag, Borrowdale
37 min walk • Great Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, located near the hamlets of Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite in Borrowdale.
1.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Spy
32 min walk • High Spy is a fell in the English Lake District it is situated on the ridge that separates the Newlands Valley from Borrowdale, eight kilometres south of Keswick.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Maiden Moor
39 min walk • Maiden Moor is a fell in the English Lake District, it stands 6 km south of the town of Keswick and is part of the high ground that separates the Newlands Valley and Borrowdale, it has a modest height of 576 m and so fails to be mentioned on many UK mountain lists but it does...
0.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forts and castles
Castle Crag, Borrowdale
11 min walk • Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet.
0.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brund Fell, Borrowdale
17 min walk • Grange Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria, situated in the Borrowdale valley overlooking the villages of Grange in Borrowdale and Rosthwaite.
0.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grange Fell, Borrowdale
20 min walk • Grange Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria, situated in the Borrowdale valley overlooking the villages of Grange in Borrowdale and Rosthwaite.
~1500 ftSW
View point, Natural attraction, Cave
Millican Dalton Cave, Borrowdale
8 min walk • Millican Dalton was a British self-styled "Professor of Adventure".

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Which popular attractions are close to Bowder Stone?

Nearby attractions include Millican Dalton Cave, Borrowdale (8 min walk), Castle Crag, Borrowdale (11 min walk), Brund Fell, Borrowdale (17 min walk), Grange Fell, Borrowdale (20 min walk).