The Atlas Obscura Guide To Borrowdale

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Borrowdale, England

Updated April 6, 2022

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Unusual Attractions in Borrowdale

The Bowder Stone

Borrowdale, England

The Bowder Stone

A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.

Inside.

Borrowdale, England

Millican Daltons Caves

It's believed a local adventurer spent 50 years living inside this cave.

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Hundred Year Stone

Keswick, England

Hundred Year Stone

This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.

4 miles from Borrowdale

Scafell Pike

Seascale, England

Scafell Pike

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

5 miles from Borrowdale

St. Olaf’s Church

England

Saint Olaf's Church of England

The timber roof beams in England's smallest active parish church are rumoured to have come from Viking longships.

5 miles from Borrowdale

Striding Edge from Hellvelyn, Red Tarn on the left

Penrith, England

Striding Edge, Helvellyn

5 miles from Borrowdale

Keswick, England

Derwent Pencil Museum

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

5 miles from Borrowdale

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