Howtown is a hamlet in

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, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of

Ullswater Ullswater is a glacial lake in Cumbria, England and part of the Lake District National Park. It is the second largest lake in the region by both area and volume, after Windermere. The lake is about long, wide, and has a maximum depth of . I ...

in the

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. It lies within the

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of Martindale. Howtown is about three and a half miles from

Pooley Bridge Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland. The village takes its name from a bridge over the River Eamont at the northern end of Ul ...

and is best reached by water. The Ullswater 'Steamers' regularly stop there on their way from

Glenridding Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there. Et ...

at the southern end of Ullswater to Pooley Bridge at the northern end of the lake. The name Howtown means "farmstead on the hill". The place name is from the

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word ''haugr'', meaning "hill" or "mound", and the

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word ''tūn'', meaning "town".Place Names in the Lake District
It contains the Howtown Hotel, Outward Bound Centre and Waternook Lakeside Accommodation. Howtown was founded by the How (or Howe) family.

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Howtown Centre, HowtownLake District Walks - Ullswater Lake Walks, Howtown To Glenridding
Hamlets in Cumbria Martindale, Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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