Southwaite is a small village in the parish of Hesket

Hesket, Cumbria

Hesket is a large civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria, England. It was formed in 1934 by a County Review Order which merged the civil parishes of Hesket in the Forest and Plumpton Wall.-Villages in the parish:...

, in the Eden District

Eden, Cumbria

Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....

, in the English county of Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

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Location

It is located on a minor road about a mile and a half away from the A6 road and about a mile away from the M6 motorway

M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...

 which can be accessed from Southwaite services, which has been named after the village. It has the west coast main line going through the middle of it and the River Petteril

River Petteril

The River Petteril is a river running through the English county of Cumbria.The source of the Petteril is near Penruddock and Motherby, from where the young river runs northeast through Greystoke, Blencow and Newton Reigny, before passing under the M6 motorway, after which the river turns north,...

 nearby. It once had a railway station on called Southwaite railway station but it was closed in 1952. Southwaite has a telephone box.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the villages of Ivegill

Ivegill

Ivegill is a small village in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. The village has one place of worship and a school. It is located on an unclassified road near Southwaite services which is on the M6 motorway. It takes its name from the River Ive which flows through the centre of the village...

, Low Hesket

Low Hesket

Low Hesket is a village in the English county of Cumbria.Low Hesket is located on the A6 road 8½ miles south of Carlisle, Cumbria. This is a former Roman road and a milestone from that era has been discovered there inscribedthat expands to Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix...

, High Hesket

High Hesket

High Hesket is a village near the A6 road, in the parish of Hesket, in the Eden district, in the English county of Cumbria. The village was on the A6 road until it was by-passed.- References :Philip's Street Atlas Cumbria...

 and the hamlet of Mellguards.