SouthwaiteSouthwaite is a small village in the parish of Hesket, in Westmorland and Furness, in the English county of Cumbria.LocationIt is located on a minor road about away from the A6 road and about away from the M6 motorway 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 nearby. Southwaite railway station closed in 1952. Historically it was within Inglewood Forest.Nearby settlementsNearby settlements include the villages of Ivegill, Low Hesket, High Hesket and the hamlet of Mellguards.