Ritson's Force, Borrowdale

Name: Ritson's Force
Address: Borrowdale, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Borrowdale

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Ritson's Force is a set of waterfalls in the valley of Mosedale in the English Lake District. It is also the river that leads past the Wasdale Head Inn and the Great Gable Brewing Company. The hills nearby include Sca Fell and Scafell Pike, England's two highest mountains, and Great Gable, home to British climbing. Ritson's Force and Wasdale Head are in the Lake District National Park which is in Cumbria, an English county that borders with Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 54°28'19"N, 3°15'29"W

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Borrowdale United Kingdom

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Ritson's Force – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great Gable, Green Gable, Sca Fell, Scafell Pike.

1.6 miE
Climbing
Great Gable, Lake District National Park
40 min walk • Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions.
1.7 miNE
Climbing, Hiking trail, Park
Green Gable, Lake District National Park
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2.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Sca Fell, Lake District National Park
53 min walk • Scafell is a mountain in the English Lake District, part of the Southern Fells. Its height of 964 metres makes it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col.
2.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Scafell Pike, Lake District National Park
57 min walk • Scafell Pike is the highest and the most prominent mountain in England, at an elevation of 978 metres above sea level. It is located in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, and is part of the Southern Fells and the Scafell massif.
2.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wast Water
64 min walk • Wast Water is a spectacular and serene lake nestled in the remote western reaches of the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With its dramatic and rugged beauty, Wast Water holds the title of the deepest lake in England, plunging to depths of nearly 260...
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Innominate Tarn, Lake District National Park
62 min walk • Innominate Tarn is a small tarn in the north of the Lake District National Park in England. It is situated at 520 metres above sea level, near the summit of Haystacks. The name Innominate means "without a name". It was formerly known as Loaf Tarn. The tarn is the location where Alfred Wainwright's ashes were scattered.
~1990 ftSE
Church, Historical place
Church of St Olaf, Lake District National Park
10 min walk • St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is England's smallest parish church. The earliest record of the church is from 1550, though it probably predates this, and it is likely that there was an earlier church on this site.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Lingmell, Lake District National Park
42 min walk • Lingmell is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above the village of Wasdale Head. It is an outlier on the north-west flank of Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blackbeck Tarn, Lake District National Park
62 min walk • Blackbeck Tarn is a small tarn in Cumbria, England, situated near the summit of Haystacks in the Buttermere Valley. At an elevation of 486 m, the lake has an area of 0.95 hectares and measures 183 m × 80 m, with a maximum depth of 2.5 m.
2.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Styhead Tarn, Lake District National Park
58 min walk • Styhead Tarn is a tarn in the English Lake District, near the top of the Sty Head pass, at the head of Borrowdale. It is on the route from Wasdale to Borrowdale, and is therefore a well visited point in the Lake District.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Foxes Tarn, Lake District National Park
58 min walk • Foxes Tarn is one of the smallest named tarns in the Lake District of England, situated slightly to the east of the summit of Sca Fell.