Southwaite is a small village in the parish of
Hesket, in the
Eden District
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England, based at Penrith Town Hall in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden, which flows north through the district toward Carlisle. Its population of 49,777 at the 2001 census, increased ...
, in the English county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
.
Location
It is located on a minor road about away from the
A6 road This is a list of roads designated A6.
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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 and the western end of the A14 at 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 und ...
nearby. It once had a railway station called
Southwaite railway station but it was 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 and Penrith in the English non-metropolitan county of Cumbria or ancient county of Cumberland.
Etymology
''Inglewood'' is fi ...
.
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the villages of
Ivegill
Ivegill is a small village in the Eden district, Cumbria, England. The village has one place of worship and a school. It is located on an unclassified road near Southwaite services which is on the M6 motorway. It takes its name from the River ...
,
Low Hesket,
High Hesket and the hamlet of
Mellguards.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Hesket, Cumbria
Hesket is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 65 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the ...
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Hesket in the Forest(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Eden District
Inglewood Forest
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