Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines
Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines is a mine in Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, England. Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines is situated nearby to Gategill Fell, as well as near Halls Fell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blencathra and Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum.
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.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
Museum
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is a museum located in Threlkeld three miles east of Keswick, in the Lake District in Cumbria. It includes a quarry with a collection of antique machinery, such as locomotives and cranes, an underground tour of a simulated mine, a geological and mining museum, and mineral panning. Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is situated 1¼ miles south of Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines.
Scales Tarn
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scales Tarn is situated 1¼ miles north of Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Threlkeld and Castlerigg stone circle.
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, (in the historic county of Cumberland to the east of Keswick.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately 3200 BC to 2500 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages. Castlerigg stone circle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines.
Hutton Moor End
Locality
Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old route-way between Penrith to Keswick. Hutton Moor End is situated 2½ miles east of Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines.
Woodend and Gategill lead and zinc mines
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.62733° or 54° 37′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.0483° or 3° 2′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6RJXG2+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 443635550OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mineOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mine
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gategill Fell and Halls Fell.
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