Howtown

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Hairpins to Howtown - geograph.org.uk - 869958.jpg

| static_image_caption = The hamlet situated on Howtown Wyke bay on Ullswater

| coordinates = {{coord|54.569732|-2.862544|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Howtown

| population =

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| civil_parish = Martindale

|unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness

|lieutenancy_england= Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale

| post_town = PENRITH

| postcode_district = CA10

| postcode_area = CA

| dial_code = 017684

| os_grid_reference = NY455218

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Eden

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Eden, Cumbria

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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.{{cite web | url = https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ | title = Ordnance Survey Election Maps | publisher = Ordnance Survey | accessdate = 14 June 2016}} Opened at appropriate location, with civil parish boundaries and names shown.

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".[http://www.english-lakes.com/howtown.html Ullswater Area][http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sw.rae/ Place Names in the Lake District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504230129/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sw.rae/ |date=2008-05-04 }} It contains the Howtown Hotel, Outward Bound Centre and Waternook Lakeside Accommodation. Howtown was founded by the How (or Howe) family.