Leadgate

Leadgate is a small hamlet located at the foot of Hartside Fell between the town of Alston and the village of Garrigill in the parish of Alston Moor in Cumbria, England.

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in the parish of Alston Moor in Cumbria, England
Also known as: “Leadgate-in-Alston” and “Leadgate, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alston Town Hall and Alston railway station.

Alston Town Hall

Town hall

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Alston Town Hall is a municipal building in Front Street, Alston, Cumbria, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a public library, is a Grade II listed building. Alston Town Hall is situated 2 miles north of Leadgate.

Alston railway station

Railway station

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Alston is a heritage railway station on the South Tynedale Railway. The station, situated 13 miles south of Haltwhistle, is in the market town of Alston, in Cumbria, England. Alston railway station is situated 2 miles north of Leadgate.

Quaker Meeting House

Church

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Quaker Meeting House is a church, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Leadgate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayles and Alston.

Bayles

Hamlet

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bayles is a hamlet near Alston in Cumbria, England.

Alston

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alston is a small town in Cumbria, North West England. Alston lies within the North Pennines, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Alston is noted for its cobbled streets and 17th-century stone buildings.

Garrigill

Village

Photo: AndyArmstrong, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Garrigill, Cumbria is a small village in the North Pennine region of the UK, situated on the banks and close to the source of the River South Tyne. Historically part of Cumberland, today it is within the Garrigill ward of the civil parish of Alston Moor within Westmorland and Furness. Garrigill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Leadgate.

Leadgate

Category: locality
Location: Alston Moor, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.78657° or 54° 47′ 12″ north

Longitude

-2.45629° or 2° 27′ 23″ west

Elevation

1,017 feet (310 metres)

Open location code

9C6VQGPV+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 30515601

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2644750

Wikidata ID

Q6508700

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