Great Salkeld
Great Salkeld is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith and bordering the River Eden.Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 467 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Great Salkeld, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Cuthbert and Long Meg Mine.
Long Meg Mine
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Long Meg Mine is a disused gypsum mine just north of Little Salkeld, Cumbria in the area known as Cave Wood Valley. It was operated between 1880 and 1976.
Lacy’s Caves
Cave
Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lacy's Caves are a series of five chambers in the red sandstone cliff of the River Eden, just north of Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England, near Nunnery, Cumbria, at grid reference NY564383.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Salkeld and Eden Valley.
Little Salkeld
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Salkeld is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hunsonby, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 91.
Eden Valley
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eden Valley runs northward through the county of Cumbria from its source high on the fells at Mallerstang and enters the sea 91 miles later at Carlisle.
Glassonby
Village
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glassonby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden Valley, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 miles south south east of Kirkoswald. Glassonby is situated 2 miles northeast of Great Salkeld.
Great Salkeld
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Great Salkeld, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.72444° or 54° 43′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.69795° or 2° 41′ 53″ westPopulation
467Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)Open location code
9C6VP8F2+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 23150947OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648028Wikidata ID
Q1963038
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Great Salkeld” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Salkeld”
- Chinese: “Great Salkeld”
- Dutch: “Great Salkeld”
- French: “Great Salkeld”
- Irish: “Great Salkeld”
- Italian: “Great Salkeld”
- Japanese: “グレート・サルケルド”
- Ladin: “Great Salkeld”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Great Salkeld”
- Persian: “گریت سالکلد”
- Polish: “Great Salkeld”
- Swedish: “Great Salkeld”
- Turkish: “Great Salkeld”
- Welsh: “Great Salkeld”
- “Great Salkeld”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Salkeld Village Hall and River Eden.
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