Location of Middle Row Cottage
54.467866, -3.256164
Directions
From the South
- Leave the M6 motorway at junction 36 for Kendal/Lakes.
- Follow signs to Barrow (A590).
- Turn right to Workington (A5092)
- Follow the coastal road (A595) through Bootle & Waberthwaite
- Go past Ravenglass and after a couple of miles turn right towards Santon Bridge (just before the Esso garage on the left)
- Make your way to Santon Bridge and at the end of the road turn left.
- After 50 yards turn right (signed to Wasdale)
- Go along this road for about five minutes and you will pass over a bridge.
- Once over the bridge, immediately turn right and then right again (signed Wasdale Head).
- Carry on along this road as it takes you to the lake and then alongside it.
- At the T-Junction turn right, still following the lake which is on your right.
- You will eventually go over a small hump backed bridge and a cattle grid. Keep on going along the road for a couple of miles.
- Drive past the Wasdale Head Inn and Row Head farmyard is at the end of the road.
From the North
- Leave the M6 at Carlisle (junction 44) (or Junction 40 at Penrith if coming from the South) and follow the A595 (signed Barrow).
- A few miles after you have gone through Calder Bridge and turn off right to Gosforth (it is well signed).
- Turn left at the mini roundabout (where there is a triangle of pubs).
- Keep on the road (following signs for Wasdale and then Wasdale Head).
- You will eventually come to Wastwater lake and need to keep this to your right as you travel along the length of it (still following signs for Wasdale Head).
- You will eventually go over a small hump backed bridge and a cattle grid. Keep on going along the road for a couple of miles.
- Drive past the Wasdale Head Inn and Row Head farmyard is at the end of the road.
Postcode for Row Head Farm & Middle Row Cottage: CA20 1EX