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Borrowdale - riverside

Nearest town: Keswick

Site type: footpath/road

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Cumbria

Country: England

Grid ref: NY2360412527

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 28-Dec-18

Recorded by: Helen Leaf

Protection & responsibility: Landowner

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: The yew grows by a stream that flows into the river Derwent. The photo shows how close it is to the site of the yews that Wordsworth called the Fraternal Four. It is perhaps not surprising that it has been overlooked as visitors searched for the ancient Borrowdale yews.