Southwaite is a small village in the parish of
Hesket, in
Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...
, in the English county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
.
Location
It is located on a minor road about away from the
A6 road
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and about away from the
M6 motorway
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 motorway, M1 and the western end of t ...
which can be accessed from
Southwaite services, which has been named after the village. It has the west coast main line going through the middle of it and the
River Petteril
The River Petteril is a river running through the English county of Cumbria.
The source of the Petteril is near Penruddock and Motherby, from where the young river runs southeast through Greystoke, Blencow and Newton Reigny, before passing ...
nearby.
Southwaite railway station closed in 1952. Historically it was within
Inglewood Forest
Inglewood Forest is a large tract of mainly arable and dairy farm land with a few small woodland areas between Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle and Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith in the England, English non-metropolitan county of Cumbria or ancient county ...
.
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the villages of
Ivegill,
Low Hesket,
High Hesket and the hamlet of
Mellguards.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Hesket, Cumbria
Hesket, Cumbria, Hesket is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It contains 65 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed a ...
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Hesket in the Forest(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Westmorland and Furness
Inglewood Forest
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