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Fell Foot Park

FurnessNational Trust properties in the Lake DistrictParks and open spaces in CumbriaStaveley-in-Cartmel
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Fell Foot Park is a country park situated at the southern end of Windermere in Cumbria, the largest lake in England. It is north of Newby Bridge in the civil parish of Staveley-in-Cartmel, in South Lakeland district. Formerly the grounds of a Victorian estate, it is now owned by the National Trust.

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N 54.2751 ° E -2.9523 °
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Fell Foot

A592
LA12 8NN , Staveley-in-Cartmel
England, United Kingdom
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