Elterwater
in Cumbria of England, United Kingdom

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
54.434 and -3.037 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 54° 26' 3" and W -3° 2' 14"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - GBP
Spoken languages:
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 12:47 PM (Tuesday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
7:24 am and 4:27 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-45.883 and 170.633 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pukehiki
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Discover Elterwater

Elterwater in Cumbria (England) is a town in United Kingdom about 236 mi (or 379 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.

Current time in Elterwater is now 12:47 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 10 airports near Elterwater, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Barrow Walney Island Airport in a distance of 23 mi (or 37 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Germany at a distance of 76 mi (or 122 km). The closest in United Kingdom is New Lanark in a distance of 91 mi (or 122 km), North-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Carlisle, Blackpool, Warton, Freckleton and Greenhead. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F

Morning Temperature 7°C / 45 °F
Evening Temperature 10°C / 49 °F
Night Temperature 10°C / 51 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 84%
Air Pressure 1022 hPa
Wind Speed Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from North
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Overcast clouds

Wednesday, 6th of November 2024

13°C (56 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.

Thursday, 7th of November 2024

14°C (58 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.

Friday, 8th of November 2024

14°C (56 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Ees Wyke Country House

Address
6,2 mi
Near Sawrey
LA22 0JZ Hawkshead
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:30
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Langdale Hotel And Spa

Address
0,2 mi
The Langdale Estate
LA22 9JD Great Langdale,Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


The Wordsworth Hotel and Spa

Address
1,6 mi
Stock Lane
LA22 9SW Grasmere nr Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Brathay Lodge

Address
2,8 mi
Rothay Rd
LA22 0EE Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: - Checkin:
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Sun Inn

Address
4,5 mi
Main Street
LA22 0NT Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 14:30
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Lakes Lodge

Address
3,0 mi
Lake Road
LA22 0DB Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


AMBLESIDE SALUTATION HOTEL

Address
3,1 mi
LAKE ROAD
LA22 9BX Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Cuckoo Brow Inn

Address
6,6 mi
Far Sawrey
LA22 0LQ Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


New Dungeon Ghyll

Address
2,3 mi
Great Langdale
LA22 9JX Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:30
Weekend: closed


Rothay Manor Hotel & Restaurant

Address
2,9 mi
Rothay Road
LA22 0EH Ambleside
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 8:00 - 23:00
Weekend: closed


Videos from this area

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Lake District Country Walk The Langdales Lingmoor Fell from Elterwater round

Published: March 19, 2015
Length: 39:11 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: thetaxidriverj

Our video is a guided walk in the Lake District from Elterwater to Lingmoor Fell, the base of Side Pike and return on the Cumbria Way by the side of Great Langdale Beck and Chapel Stile. This...


Fire Training Video 2

Published: April 19, 2012
Length: 16:08 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Paul Fry

Staff Fire Training at The Britannia Inn, Elterwater, Ambleside, Cumbria. LA22 9HP.


Wordsworth Country, Part VI, 'St Olave Church and Wordsworth Family Graves', by Sheila, April 28, 20

Published: December 08, 2014
Length: 49:54 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: semw52

Wordsworth's final resting place with his family around him and a daffodil garden planted in his memory all around. Inside the church there is also a memorial on the wall in his memory. A very...


Wordsworth Country, Part V, 'The Garden' by Sheila, April 28, 2014

Published: December 08, 2014
Length: 13:43 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: semw52

What a wonderful opportunity to walk in Wordsworth's garden which he shared with his sister Dorothy and wife Mary----no wonder poems were created here and 200 years ago it would have been ...


Stone Arthur from Grasmere, Lake District

Published: September 28, 2012
Length: 59:26 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Peter Stuart

Stone Arthur is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Grasmere village. Our walk was 5m with about 2400' of ascent.


Dove Cottage - Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Published: November 23, 2010
Length: 53:13 min
Rating: 2 of 5
Author: TripAdvisorTRIPWOWa

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00a0-8ca2-49c7?ytv2=1 - Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions (a TripAdvisor™ company) Dove Cottage Grasmere Visitors can take guided tours...


Grasmere Lake District

Published: November 19, 2009
Length: 19:48 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: bridgehousegrasmere

http://www.bridgehousegrasmere.co.uk - River Rothay Grasmere Cumbria on 19th November 2009 after over 15cm of rain! Believe it or not, the hotel wasn't flooded! The foundations come up out...


Lilly falls in the river at Skelwith Bridge

Published: August 27, 2009
Length: 18:32 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: gsmac1969

Alex and Lilly walking across the rocks in the river outside the pub at Skelwith Bridge, and Lilly slips and falls.


Grasmere Sports 2010

Published: September 01, 2010
Length: 47:18 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: bridgehousegrasmere

http://www.bridgehousegrasmere.co.uk - Grasmere Sports & Lakeland Show 2010 featuring Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling and the Guides Race up Brackenfell. From Lake District Hotel ...


Grasmere Senior Guides race 2014

Published: August 26, 2014
Length: 19:20 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Mike Hitchmough

The descent. Going with the flow.


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Langdale axe industry

The Langdale axe industry is the name given by archaeologists to the centre of a specialised stone tool manufacturing at Great Langdale in England's Lake District during the Neolithic period (beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world). The area has outcrops of fine-grained greenstone suitable for making polished axes which have been found distributed across Great Britain.

Located at 54.447, -3.064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Archaeological cultures, History of Cumbria, History of Westmorland, Stone Age Britain, Stone Age sites in England, History of mining, Archaeological sites in Cumbria

Great Langdale

Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in the county of Cumbria, in the northwest of England. It is often simply referred to as Langdale, the epithet Great distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale. Langdale is a popular location for hikers, climbers, fell-runners and other outdoor enthusiasts, who are attracted by the many fells ringing the head of the valley.

Located at 54.4491, -3.07333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, Stone Age sites in England, Valleys of Cumbria, Westmorland, Archaeological sites in Cumbria, National Trust properties in Cumbria

Elter Water

Elter Water is a small lake that lies half a mile (800 m) south-east of the village of Elterwater. Both are situated in the valley of Great Langdale in the English Lake District. The name Elterwater means either Lake of the Swan or Lake of Alder. The lake is 1030 yd (930 m) long and varies in width up to a maximum of 350 yd (320 m), covering an area of 0.06 mi² (0.15 km²). It has a maximum depth of 20 ft (6 m) and an elevation above sea level of 187 ft (57 m).

Located at 54.4275, -3.02588 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Lakes of Cumbria, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, Westmorland

Dove Cottage

Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".

Located at 54.4543, -3.0164 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Historic house museums in Cumbria, Biographical museums in Cumbria, Museums established in 1891, Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria, William Wordsworth, Poetry museums, Literary museums in England, Visitor attractions in Cumbria, 1891 establishments in England

Loughrigg Tarn

Loughrigg Tarn is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria. Situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell. "Loughrigg Tarn" is a bit of a tautology, since "loughrigg" means "ridge of the lough (lake)" and "tarn" is also the name of a body of water. Loughrigg Tarn was a favoured place of William Wordsworth, who, in his Epistle to Sir George Howland Beaumont Bart, likened it to “Diana’s Looking-glass...

Located at 54.4306, -3.01167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Lakes of England, Lakes of Cumbria

Skelwith Bridge

Skelwith Bridge is a small village in the southern area of the Lake District in Cumbria, North West England. It is located around 3 miles south of Grasmere and is nearby the waterfalls of Skelwith Force and Colwith Force. The nearest lakes to the village are Elter Water to the north-west and Loughrigg Tarn to the north.

Located at 54.4167, -3.01667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Villages in Cumbria

Grasmere (lake)

Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, which lies immediately to the north of the lake. The lake is 1680yd (1540m) long and 700yd (640m) wide, covering an area of 0.24mi² (0.62km²). It has a maximum depth of 70ft (21m) and an elevation above sea level of 208ft (62m).

Located at 54.4488, -3.0209 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Lakes of Cumbria, National Trust properties in Cumbria

St Oswald's Church, Grasmere

St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, is located in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is notable for its associations with the poet, William Wordsworth and his family, and for its annual ceremony of rushbearing.

Located at 54.4575, -3.0237 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Church of England churches in Cumbria, Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria, Grade I listed churches, English Gothic architecture, Diocese of Carlisle

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