Shap

Shap is a locality in , , . Shap is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wet Sleddale Reservoir and Church of St Michael.

Reservoir
is an artificial set amongst the Shap Fells 4 kilometres south of the village of in , England, and lies just within the boundary of the Lake District National Park.

Peak
is a hill in the east of the English , south west of , . It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shap and Hardendale.

Village
is a and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in , , England. The village is in the historic county of .

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the parish of in , in the county of , England, near and junction 39 of the M6 motorway. It is also near the hamlet of .

Village
is a hamlet in the English county of . It lies within the civil parish of . On the banks of the it is a mile southwest of Shap and falls within that village's civil parish, Shap Abbey is nearby.

Shap

Latitude
54.5137° or 54° 30′ 49″ north
Longitude
-2.6779° or 2° 40′ 41″ west
Elevation
817 feet (249 metres)
Open location code
9C6VG87C+FR
Geo­Names ID
7299071
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