- Elevation
- 427 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- IOM Isle of Man Airport96 km
- LBA Leeds Bradford Airport118 km
About Great Whinscale
Great Whinscale is a mountain. Location: Eskdale, Cumberland. Elevation: 427 m. The best months to visit are July. The nearest airport is Isle of Man Airport (96 km). Nearby sights include Crook Crag and Green Crag.
Photos of Great Whinscale
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Stickle Pike Rivaldo at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Harter Fell (Eskdale) Andy Beecroft · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Little Stand Michael Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Great Barrow Andrew Gray · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Great Whinscale
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: July.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 185 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 17°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -1°)
- Wettest month
- December (192 mm)
- Driest month
- June (96 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 4° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 10° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -1° | -1° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 1° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 189 | 136 | 149 | 104 | 98 | 96 | 104 | 127 | 145 | 189 | 185 | 192 |
Other places to visit in this season: July
How to get to Great Whinscale
The nearest airport is Isle of Man Airport (IOM), 96 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Blackpool, 64 km to the south.
Airports
- Isle of Man Airport (IOM) Castletown, Rushen 96 kmwest
- Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 118 kmsoutheast
- Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 118 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Blackpool Population: 145K 64 kmsouth
- Preston Population: 313.3K 77 kmsoutheast
- Blackburn Population: 146.5K 86 kmsoutheast
- Burnley Population: 149.4K 92 kmsoutheast
- Wigan Population: 175.4K 101 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Great Whinscale
Within 100 km: 563 historic and cultural sites, 1,937 natural sites, 378 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km692 places
- High Moor Mountain 19 kmS
- Roanhead Beach Beach 24 kmS
- Tuft Rock Island 20 kmE
- Peel Island Island 12 kmSE
25–60 km846 places
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 27 kmNW
- Walney Island Island 30 kmS
- Foulney Island Island 37 kmS
- Beacon Brow (Walney) Island 30 kmS
60–100 km1,340 places
- British Isles Island 65 kmSW
- Great Britain Island 91 kmSE
- Formby Beach Beach 91 kmS
- Ainsdale Beach Beach 87 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Ulpha Village, Cumberland2.4 km SE
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Boot Village, Eskdale3 km NW
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Beckfoot Village, Eskdale3.1 km W
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Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite Village, Westmorland and Furness4.8 km SE
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Seathwaite Village, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite4.2 km SE
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Eskdale Village, Eskdale5.8 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Crook Crag Mountain, Eskdale0.3 km SE
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Green Crag Mountain, Ulpha0.7 km S
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Kepple Crag Mountain, Eskdale1 km N
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Eskdale Natural site, England1 km NW
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Broad Crag - Birker Fell Mountain, Eskdale1.2 km S
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Harter Fell (Eskdale) Mountain, Ulpha2.2 km E
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Gate Crag Mountain, Eskdale1.6 km NW
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Birker Fell - Great Crag Mountain, Eskdale1.6 km SW
More nature in United Kingdom
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Great Barrow Mountain, Eskdale3 km NW
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Crag Coppice Mountain, Eskdale1.7 km NW
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Hodge How Mountain, Eskdale2 km NW
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Dalegarth How Mountain, Eskdale2.2 km NW
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Goat Crag Mountain, Eskdale2.9 km N
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Bull How Mountain, Eskdale3.1 km N
Sources & licences
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