Blencathra Place in Westmorland – Named after Blencathra in Cumbria, a mountain at the far northern edge of the Lake District National Park. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. First appears in street directories in 1995.
A small amount of information from the library website. Wikipedia page describes Blencathra as a hill yet it is high enough to be classified as a mountain. It was known as Saddleback for many years but Alfred Wainwight encouraged the use of it’s original name of Blencathra which means summit of the seat-like mountain.
I thought that I had walked this street yesterday but somehow managed to miss it. The houses here were built in the 1990s and they are huge. I suspect that they are well beyond my budget. My map showed a walkway through to Cumbria Lane but it took me a few moments to find as it looked like a private driveway.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 