Bannerdale Lead Mine

Bannerdale Lead Mine is a mine in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Bannerdale Lead Mine is situated nearby to the ruins Old Smithy, as well as near the peak Bannerdale Crags.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bannerdale Crags and Bowscale Fell.

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.

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.

Souther Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Souther Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Mungrisdale village in the Northern Fells. It is most famous for the appearance of a "spectral army", said to have been seen marching along its crest on Midsummer's Day, 1745.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mungrisdale and Bowscale.

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 the historic county of Cumberland but now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Mungrisdale is situated 2 miles east of Bannerdale Lead Mine.

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. Bowscale is situated 2 miles northeast of Bannerdale Lead Mine.

Mosedale

Hamlet

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mosedale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, in the north west of the English Lake District. Mosedale is situated 2 miles northeast of Bannerdale Lead Mine.

Bannerdale Lead Mine

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.65624° or 54° 39′ 23″ north

Longitude

-3.03135° or 3° 1′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C6RMX49+FF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 443624445

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=mine

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