Murton Lead Mine
Murton Lead Mine is a mine in Murton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Murton Lead Mine is situated nearby to the peak Murton Fell, as well as near Little Fell.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Murton Fell and St John the Baptist, Murton.
Murton Fell
Peak
Murton Fell is a hill of 675 metres above the village of Murton, Cumbria in Westmorland and Furness district, in the North Pennines. It lies east of the dramatic valley of High Cup Nick It lies on the central watershed of England, as it is drained to the south west into the River Eden flowing into the Solway Firth, and to the north east into the River Tees and ultimately the North Sea.
St John the Baptist, Murton
Church
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist, Murton is a church, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Murton Lead Mine.
Warcop Training Area
Military installation
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Warcop Training Area is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in Cumbria. Part of the Defence Training Estate, the area consists of approximately 24,000 acres of MoD freehold land. Warcop Training Area is situated 2 miles east of Murton Lead Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hilton and Murton.
Hilton
Village
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about 3 miles east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of 752 feet. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253. Hilton is situated 2 miles southwest of Murton Lead Mine.
Murton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Murton is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. Murton is situated 2 miles west of Murton Lead Mine.
High Cup Gill
Locality
Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
High Cup Gill, almost a geometrically perfect U-shaped chasm, is a valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp to the northeast of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria and within the North Pennines AONB in northern England. High Cup Gill is situated 2½ miles north of Murton Lead Mine.
Murton Lead Mine
- Type: Mine
- Category: industry
- Location: Murton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.59739° or 54° 35′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.37369° or 2° 22′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C6VHJWG+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4541298269OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mine
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