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Finsthwaite Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

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Place	Finsthwaite
Traditional County	Cumbria
Unitary Authority	Westmorland and Furness
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.282414
Longitude	-2.973363
Place Type	Village

About Finsthwaite

Finsthwaite claims a quiet composure, tucked away where the land rises sharply towards the brooding presence of Finsthwaite Heights. It lies 6.1 miles south-south-west of Bowness-on-Windermere (from Bowness-on-Windermere: bearing 201°T, OS grid SD 367 878), and is situated west-north-west of Lakeside village. This place breathes within the protected embrace of the Lake District National Park, where the grey stone of the cottages seems to absorb the pale, moisture-heavy light of the Cumbrian sky. To the east, the water of the Mill Pond holds a stillness that mirrors the surrounding woodland, undisturbed by the passage of modern industry. The industrial memory of the region lingers nearby at the Stott Park Bobbin Mill, a site where the rhythm of turning wood once defined the lives of those who laboured there. Finsthwaite retains a certain austerity, a dignity born of thin soils and the steep, unforgiving incline of the hills. Footpaths wind away from the houses, tracing the contours of a landscape that demands a measured, steady gait from any traveller. Here, the air carries a persistent freshness, smelling of wet slate and the deep, damp rot of leaves in the hollows.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake District National Park (National Park) — locality lies within · 24k acres
Finsthwaite Heights (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 285° WNW
Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 061° ENE
Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Two Mill Ponds And Site Of Stott Park Smithy (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 059° ENE
Stott Park Bobbin Mill (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 054° NE
Charcoal Man (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 150° SSE
Rusland Heights (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 274° W
Boretree Tarn (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 245° WSW
Newby Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 170° S
Fell Foot (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 127° SE
Yewbarrow Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 251° WSW · 113 ha
Black Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 046° NE
Crook Moss Beck (River) — 1.3 mi, 162° SSE
Millerbeck Light Railway (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 147° SSE
Miller Beck (River) — 1.4 mi, 158° SSE
Rusland Valley (Valley) — 1.7 mi, 257° WSW
Lakeland Motor Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 202° SSW
Chapel House Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.8 mi, 123° ESE
Cliffhanger Rooms (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 200° SSW
Hay Bridge Nature Reserve (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 264° W
Rusland Valley Mosses Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 277° W · 94 ha
Rusland Moss (National Nature Reserve) — 2.0 mi, 283° WNW · 24 ha
Blake Holme Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 051° NE
Gardens At Graythwaite Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.2 mi, 007° N · 8 ha
Backbarrow Ironworks (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 197° SSW · 1 ha
Bigland Barrow Look out Tower (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 182° S
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 205° SSW
Force Falls (Waterfall) — 2.6 mi, 320° NW
The Cart House (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 262° W
The Lumberjills' Story (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 333° NNW

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