Barf and Thornthwaite

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Barf and Thornthwaite is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, covering 0.23 km². The county has 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

Nearby SSSIs include Skiddaw Group and Buttermere Fells. The nearest railway station is Aspatria, about 16.1 km to the north-west.

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Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

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

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Whinlatter Forest Park

Country park near Thornthwaite

A country park in Cumbria.

0.3 km SW

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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.

2.6 km N

Whinlatter

Wainwright near Thornthwaite

A Wainwright — one of the fells of the Lake District.

3 km SW

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.

4.6 km SE · Cumbria