Seatoller

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Coordinates: 54°30′49″N 3°10′02″W / 54.513502°N 3.167238°W / 54.513502; -3.167238
Seatoller

Seatoller viewed from High Doat
Seatoller

 Seatoller shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY244137
Civil parish Borrowdale
District Allerdale
Shire county Cumbria
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Workington
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Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. It lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water. The nearest town to Seatoller is Keswick, which is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) to the north.

Seatoller from above

For local government purposes Seatoller forms part of the civil parish of Borrowdale, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Workington constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.[1]

Seatoller was the destination of a regular walkers bus in the 1960s and 70s which left Carlisle each Sunday at 07:30 giving access by public transport into the heart of the lakes.

The hamlet consists of a farm house, two bed and breakfasts, a tea shop and eight residential apartments.

References

  1. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-03. 
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