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Applethwaite

Cumberland (unitary authority)Cumbria geography stubsUse British English from September 2019Villages in Cumbria
Underskiddaw Applethwaite
Underskiddaw Applethwaite

Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282. The name derives from it originally being the clearing in a forest with apples in it. Applethwaite is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Northern Fells guide book. The narrator/nursemaid Hester in "The Old Nurse’s Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell is from this village.

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N 54.61 ° E -3.14 °
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Burnside Caravan Park

A591
CA12 4PF , Underskiddaw
England, United Kingdom
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