Blea Rigg
Blea Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, lying between the valleys of Easedale and Great Langdale. One of the Central Fells, it is a broad plateau with a succession of rocky tops.Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,775 feet
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Blea Rigg (Wainwright)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tarn Crag and Easedale Tarn.
Tarn Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarn Crag is a fell in the Central Fells of the English Lake District. Strictly the name refers only to the rock face looking down upon Easedale Tarn, but Alfred Wainwright applied it to the entire ridge lying between the Easedale and Far Easedale valleys in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells…
Easedale Tarn
Photo: Peter Smyly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easedale Tarn is a tarn in the centre of the English Lake District, about two miles west of the village of Grasmere. It lies in a hollow between Tarn Crag to the north and Blea Rigg to the south, about 910 feet or 280 metres above sea level.
Pavey Ark
Peak
Photo: Nk.sheridan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pavey Ark is a fell in the English county of Cumbria. It is one of the Langdale Pikes, lying to the north of Great Langdale, in the heart of the Lake District, immediately to the north-east of Harrison Stickle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelbarrow and Chapel Stile.
Kelbarrow
Locality
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelbarrow is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located in close proximity to Grasmere, with views of Grasmere Lake.
Chapel Stile
Village
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapel Stile is a village in Cumbria, England, located approximately 5 miles northwest of Ambleside, within the Langdale valley. It contains a school, Holy Trinity church, the Co-op and the Wainwrights' Inn, and a quarry is located in the vicinity.
Grasmere
Photo: alancleaver, CC BY 2.0.
Grasmere is a lakeside village in the Lake District National Park, best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.
Blea Rigg
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.46107° or 54° 27′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.07879° or 3° 4′ 44″ westElevation
1,775 feet (541 metres)Open location code
9C6RFW6C+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 29766667OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Blea Rigg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blea Rigg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بليا ريج”
- French: “Blea Rigg”
- Italian: “Blea Rigg”
- Ladin: “Blea Rigg”
- Venetian: “Blea Rigg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broad Crag and Great Castle Howe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blea Rigg (high point) and Belles Knott.
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