Applethwaite
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| Applethwaite | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Applethwaite | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY263256 |
| Location: | 54°37’13"N, 3°8’29"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Keswick |
| Postcode: | CA12 |
| Dialling code: | 017687 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Workington |
Applethwaite is a village with in the Lake District, standing at the foot of the steep slopes rising to Skiddaw and to Lonscale Fell, and at the edge of the valley of the River Derwent, above Bassenthwaite Lake, in Cumberland.
The village to be found a mile north of Keswick, on a lane running above the A591, where the Applethwaite Gill, running down between Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell, enters the dale to run down to the Derwent meadows. It is allocated to the civil parish appropriately named 'Underskiddaw', which has a population of 282.
Applethwaite is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Northern Fells guide book.[1]
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References
- ↑ Wainwright, Alfred: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book Four — The Southern Fells (1960)
