Howtown

Howtown
Howtown
	The hamlet situated on Howtown Wyke bay on Ullswater
	Howtown Location in Eden, Cumbria Howtown Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY455218
Civil parish	Martindale;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	017684
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°34′11″N 2°51′45″W / 54.569732°N 2.862544°W

Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Martindale.^[1]

Howtown is about three and a half miles from Pooley Bridge and is best reached by water. The Ullswater 'Steamers' regularly stop there on their way from Glenridding at the southern end of Ullswater to Pooley Bridge at the northern end of the lake.

The name Howtown means "farmstead on the hill". The place name is from the Old Norse word haugr, meaning "hill" or "mound", and the Old English word tūn, meaning "town".^[2]^[3] It contains the Howtown Hotel, Outward Bound Centre and Waternook Lakeside Accommodation. Howtown was founded by the How (or Howe) family.

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^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2016. Opened at appropriate location, with civil parish boundaries and names shown.
^ Ullswater Area
^ Place Names in the Lake District Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2016. Opened at appropriate location, with civil parish boundaries and names shown.

[2] Ullswater Area

[3] Place Names in the Lake District Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine

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