Definition & Meaning | English word BASSENTHWAITE

Definitions of BASSENTHWAITE

1. A village and civil parish in, Allerdale, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY2332).

Examples of Using BASSENTHWAITE in a Sentence

• Above Derwent, a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, bounded to the east by Derwent Water, the River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake, and includes sections of both lakes.
• Its primary inflow and outflow is the River Derwent, which also flows through Bassenthwaite Lake before reaching the Irish Sea at Workington.
• Cockermouth is situated a few minutes' travelling distance from lakes such as Buttermere, Crummock Water, Loweswater, and Bassenthwaite.
• This stretches away due north for three and a half miles before debouching into the floodplain of the Derwent between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake.
• Bassenthwaite Lake, the Newlands Valley, Skiddaw and Keswick all show well to the north, while the view south has a fine vista of Borrowdale.
• The Allerdale Ramble walking route also traverses the parish from west to east following the north bank of the Derwent down towards Bassenthwaite Lake.
• The view eastward to Skiddaw and Longside Edge is excellent, with Bassenthwaite Lake in the foreground.
• The distant skyline continues over the Kielder Forest hills (55) to reach The Cheviot (75) before it is interrupted by the Skiddaw group (6) and Blencathra (8) with the Vale of Keswick and Bassenthwaite Lake in the foreground.
• Coregonus vandesius was introduced to Loch Skeen in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the 1990s as an attempt at ex-situ conservation after the severity of habitat deterioration at Bassenthwaite was noticed.
• Folklore author, psychogeographer and esoteric explorer Alex Langstone has written about St Bega in his controversial psychic questing book Spirit Chaser: The Quest for Bega, which includes parts of her legendary life and connections to Bassenthwaite and St Bees in Cumbria.

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