Mardale
Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, was raised to form Haweswater Reservoir by Manchester Corporation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: valley and former settlement in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mardale Green”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Branstree and Selside Pike.
Branstree
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir.
Selside Pike
Peak
Selside Pike or Selside is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between the valleys of Mardale and Swindale in the Far Eastern Fells.
Harter Fell
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harter Fell is a fell in the far eastern part of the English Lake District. The summit at lies the meeting point of three ridges, and Harter Fell forms the head of three valleys: Mardale, Longsleddale and the valley of the River Kent. Harter Fell is situated 2 miles southwest of Mardale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sadgill and Hartsop.
Sadgill
Village
Photo: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sadgill is a hamlet in Longsleddale, Cumbria, England. It is a divided settlement, also containing Low Sadgill. Sadgill is situated 4 miles south of Mardale.
Hartsop
Hamlet
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours. Hartsop is situated 4 miles west of Mardale.
Bampton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. Bampton is situated 4½ miles northeast of Mardale.
Mardale
- Categories: human settlement, valley, and former settlement
- Location: Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.49845° or 54° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.81207° or 2° 48′ 43″ westElevation
1,562 feet (476 metres)Open location code
9C6VF5XQ+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 1724399003OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Mardale” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mardale”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماردال”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mardale”. Photo: ramsd, CC BY 2.0.