Brown Tongue

Brown Tongue is a locality in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Brown Tongue is situated nearby to the locality Lingmell Scars, as well as near Hollow Stones.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scafell Pike and Scafell.

Scafell Pike

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Thorneh, Public domain.

Scafell Pike is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has an elevation of 978 metres above sea level, making it the highest and the most prominent mountain in England.

Scafell is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has a height of 964 metres, making it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour, Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col.

Lingmell

Peak

Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lingmell is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above the village of Wasdale Head. It is an outlier on the north-west flank of Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Seathwaite.

Wasdale Head

Hamlet

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England.

Seathwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 3½ miles northeast of Brown Tongue.

Boot

Village

Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 4 miles south of Brown Tongue.

Brown Tongue

Type: Locality
Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.45591° or 54° 27′ 21″ north

Longitude

-3.23971° or 3° 14′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C6RFQ46+94

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3104625904

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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