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Photo: Orrest Head, a 238m Lake District fell near Windermere, Cumbria, north west England.

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Orrest Head

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Orrest Head is a 238-metre summit in Cumbria. It is one of the 116 Wainwright Outlying Fells — the fells of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide charts in Cumbria. It stands inside the Lake District National Park.

Windermere Station is under a kilometre away. School Knott and Grandsire are among the hills within 2.7 km.

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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 of Windermere Jetty Museum, a visitor attraction near Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Windermere Jetty Museum

Attraction near Bowness-on-Windermere

A lakeside museum of historic steamers and boats in a striking modern building on the Windermere shore.

2.1 km SW

Photo of World of Beatrix Potter, a visitor attraction near Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

World of Beatrix Potter

Attraction near Bowness-on-Windermere

A Bowness attraction bringing Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck to life in walk-through recreations of the tales.

2.6 km SW

Photo of Townend, a house near Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Townend

House near Troutbeck

A National Trust time-capsule yeoman's farmhouse in Troutbeck, kept by one family for four centuries with its carved oak and books intact.

2.8 km N

Photo of Hrishi at Gilpin Hotel, a restaurant near Crook in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Hrishi at Gilpin Hotel

Restaurant · With rooms near Crook

Luxury country-house hotel dining between Windermere and Kendal.

3.6 km S

Photo of Windermere, a mere near Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Windermere

Mere near Bowness-on-Windermere

England's longest lake, a ribbon of water threaded with steamers and wooded islands between Ambleside and Newby Bridge.

3.8 km SW