St Michael's Church

#1903 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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St Michael's Church is located by the side of the River Derwent in the dispersed settlement of Isel, in the civil parish of Blindcrake, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of nine local churches to form the benefice of Binsey. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. ()

Coordinates: 54°41'16"N, 3°18'3"W

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St Michael's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cockermouth Castle, Cockermouth United Reformed Church, Wordsworth House, Bassenthwaite Lake.

2.9 miSW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Cockermouth Castle, Cockermouth
75 min walk • Cockermouth Castle is in the town of Cockermouth in Cumbria on a site by the junction of the Rivers Cocker and Derwent. It is a grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.1 miSW
Church
Cockermouth United Reformed Church, Cockermouth
80 min walk • Cockermouth United Reformed Church is a congregation first established at Cockermouth, England, in 1651.
3.2 miSW
Architecture, Historical place, Museum
Wordsworth House, Cockermouth
81 min walk • Wordsworth House is a Georgian townhouse situated in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was built in the mid-18th century. William Wordsworth was born in the house in 1770. The house is a Grade I listed building.
4.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Bassenthwaite Lake
106 min walk • Bassenthwaite Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the English Lake District. It is long and narrow, approximately 4 miles long and 0.75 miles wide, but is also extremely shallow, with a maximum depth of about 70 ft.
5.3 miSE
Museum, History museum
Mirehouse
135 min walk • Mirehouse is a 17th-century house to the north of Keswick in Cumbria, at the foot of Dodd, near Bassenthwaite Lake and St Bega's Church, on the A591 road. Although still a family home it and its grounds are open to the public and in 1999 won the award for 'Best Heritage Property for Families in the UK'.
~1730 ftNW
Tower
Isel Hall
9 min walk • Isel Hall is an ancient Cumbrian residence that sits on a steep rise on the northern banks of the River Derwent, two miles south of Bassenthwaite Lake, three miles east-north-east of Cockermouth, with views over the Lake District fells and Skiddaw.
1.3 miN
Cliff
Clints Crags, Cockermouth
33 min walk • Clints Crags is a small fell in the north of the English Lake District near Blindcrake, Cumbria. It has its own chapter in Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Binsey
106 min walk • Binsey is a hill on the northern edge of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is detached from the rest of the Lakeland hills, and thus provides a good spot to look out at the Northern and North Western Fells of the Lake District, as well as the coastal plain and, across the Solway Firth, Scotland.
3.2 miSW
Museum
Wordworth House, Cockermouth
81 min walk • Wordsworth House is a Georgian townhouse situated in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was built in the mid-18th century. William Wordsworth was born in the house in 1770. The house is a Grade I listed building.
4.2 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
St Bega's Way
109 min walk • St Bega's Way is a 36-mile walk through rural West Cumbria and the north west corner of the English Lake District. It is usually completed as a leisure walk over 3 days, but has also been used as the basis of a single day competitive Ultramarathon.
4.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Lord's Seat, Lake District National Park
126 min walk • Lord's Seat is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the highest of the group of hills north of Whinlatter Pass in the North Western Fells. The slopes of Lord's Seat are extensively forested.