IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Portinscale, KESWICK, CA12 5RE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to CA12 5RE by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (109 Images Found)
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Derwentwater Hotel
Ordnance Survey documents indicate that a cut mark benchmark was levelled at 83.481m above Newlyn Datum in 1954 on the near corner of the hotel. The mark was photographed in 2016 Image but has since been destroyed
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 8 Apr 2024
0.01 miles
2
The Derwentwater Hotel, Portinscale
Portinscale is a small village close to the western shore of Derwentwater, within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 1 miles (via footbridge and footpath) from Keswick.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2014
0.01 miles
3
Old A594 road, Portinscale
This narrow street in Portinscale was formerly the A594 road linking west Cumberland with Penrith and the A6. Portinscale was bypassed and the A594 renumbered to become part of the A66 between Penrith and Cockermouth.
The road is the route of The Cumbria Way long distance footpath (next photograph Image).
The black and white building in the background is the Derwentwater Hotel; there is an Ordnance Survey cut benchmark on the near corner (photograph Image).
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 18 Apr 2015
0.01 miles
4
Portinscale
Portinscale is a small village close to the western shore of Derwent Water, within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 1 mile (via footbridge and footpath) from Keswick.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2014
0.02 miles
5
Benchmark, Derwentwater Hotel, Portinscale
Detail of an Ordnance Survey cut benchmark on a painted stone quoin on the south west corner of the Derwent Hotel.
The benchmark marks a height of 83.4814m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn last levelled and verified in 1954 (location photograph Image).
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 10 Aug 2016
0.02 miles
6
Corner of the Derwentwater Hotel
Detail of the south west corner of the Derwentwater Hotel. There is an Ordnance Survey cut benchmark on one of the painted stone quoins adjacent to the fire hydrant marker (detail photograph Image).
The Cumbria Way long distance trail from Ulverston to Carlisle follows the road beside the hotel, passing the benchmark.
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 10 Aug 2016
0.02 miles
7
Gardens of the Derwentwater Hotel, Portinscale
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 1 Nov 2016
0.02 miles
8
Gardens of the Derwentwater Hotel, Portinscale
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 28 May 2011
0.03 miles
9
Letterbox in Portinscale
The road leads to the footbridge over the River Derwent.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 31 Mar 2024
0.03 miles
10
Portinscale
The centre of Portinscale. A popular tourist attraction, Portinscale is the only village in the United Kingdom named after a prostitute. The etymology of the name means ‘house of the harlot’.
The Cumbria Way turns right here between the buildings, following the old A594 road towards Long Bridge and Keswick (next photograph Image).
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 18 Apr 2015
0.04 miles