Shap
Shap is a locality in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Shap is situated nearby to the village Keld, as well as near the hamlet Hardendale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wet Sleddale Reservoir and Church of St Michael.
Wet Sleddale Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wet Sleddale Reservoir is an artificial reservoir set amongst the Shap Fells 4 kilometres south of the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, and lies just within the boundary of the Lake District National Park.
Seat Robert
Peak
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seat Robert is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, south west of Shap, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Seat Robert is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shap and Hardendale.
Shap
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shap is a village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The village is in the historic county of Westmorland.
Hardendale
Hamlet
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hardendale is a hamlet in the parish of Shap Rural in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England, near Shap and junction 39 of the M6 motorway. It is also near the hamlet of Oddendale.
Keld
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keld is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. It lies within the civil parish of Shap. On the banks of the River Lowther it is a mile southwest of Shap and falls within that village's civil parish, Shap Abbey is nearby.
Shap
- Type: Locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.5137° or 54° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.6779° or 2° 40′ 41″ westElevation
817 feet (249 metres)Open location code
9C6VG87C+FRGeoNames ID
7299071
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