Mungrisdale Common
Mungrisdale Common, pronounced mun-grize-dl, with emphasis on grize, is a fell in the English Lake District. Although Alfred Wainwright listed it as one of the 214 featured hills in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells it was his least favourite.Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blencathra and Bowscale Fell.
Blencathra
Peak
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet.
Bowscale Fell
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowscale Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It rises above the village of Mungrisdale in the Northern Fells. Bowscale Fell stands at the extreme north east the Blencathra group, connected to this higher fell by the intervening Bannerdale Crags.
Bannerdale Crags
Peak
Photo: Bobble Hat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bannerdale Crags is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Blencathra and Bowscale Fell in the Northern Fells.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Threlkeld and Mungrisdale.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.
Mungrisdale
Village
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits.
Bowscale
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England.
Mungrisdale Common
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,073 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.65321° or 54° 39′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.06842° or 3° 4′ 6″ westElevation
2,073 feet (632 metres)Open location code
9C6RMW3J+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 29952585OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Mungrisdale Common” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mungrisdale Common”
- Ladin: “Mungrisdale Common”
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