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Bakestall

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Bakestall tops out at 674 m in Cumbria. It is listed among the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

The nearest railway station is Aspatria, 16.1 km to the north-west. Skiddaw and Sale How are among the hills within 2.3 km.

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Photo of Castlerigg stone circle, a stone circle near Keswick in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

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