Eagle Crag Lead Mine

Eagle Crag Lead Mine is a mine in Patterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Eagle Crag Lead Mine is situated near the forest Crossing Plantation, as well as near Broomhill Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Helvellyn and Hard Tarn.

Helvellyn

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helvellyn is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ullswater.

Hard Tarn

Lake

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hard Tarn is a lake.

St Sunday Crag

Peak

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Sunday Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, part of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It is a prominent feature in the Patterdale skyline, with a distinctive rounded shape.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenridding and Patterdale.

Glenridding

Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.

Patterdale

Village

Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Patterdale is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is in the eastern part of the Lake District, and the name is also used for the long valley in which the village sits, also called the Ullswater Valley. Patterdale is situated 2½ miles northeast of Eagle Crag Lead Mine.

Hartsop

Hamlet

Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours. Hartsop is situated 3 miles east of Eagle Crag Lead Mine.

Eagle Crag Lead Mine

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

54.51924° or 54° 31′ 9″ north

Longitude

-2.99289° or 2° 59′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C6VG294+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4530255701

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=mine

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Crossing Plantation and Broomhill Plantation.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ruthwaite Lodge and Elm How.

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