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Binsey

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Binsey is a 447-metre summit in Cumbria. It is one of the 214 Wainwrights, and a Marilyn besides. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

For more of the same, Caermote Hill and St. John's Hill are close by. For arrivals by rail, Aspatria Station is 9.9 km to the north-west.

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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

Photo along the Cumbria Way, a 70-mile long-distance path running from Ulverston to Carlisle, north west England.

Cumbria Way

Long-distance path

Through the Lake District's heart at valley level — Coniston, Langdale, Borrowdale and Caldbeck between the old market towns of Ulverston and Carlisle.

2.8 km SE · Cumbria

Photo of Whitewater Dash (Dash Falls), a waterfall near Uldale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Whitewater Dash (Dash Falls)

Waterfall near Uldale

A long ribbon of falls on the northern flank of Skiddaw, reached by an old track from the Bassenthwaite fells.

6.3 km SE

Photo of Bassenthwaite Lake, a Lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Bassenthwaite Lake

Lake near Bassenthwaite

Alone among the Cumbrian waters in being called a lake by name, a shallow sheet under Skiddaw where ospreys returned to breed.

6.4 km S

Photo of Whinlatter Forest Park, a country park near Thornthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Whinlatter Forest Park

Country park near Thornthwaite

A country park in Cumbria.

9.1 km S

Photo of The Howk, a waterfall near Caldbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Howk

Waterfall near Caldbeck

A limestone ravine and waterfalls on the beck at Caldbeck, past the ruin of a bobbin mill that once held a huge water wheel.

10.3 km NE