Tongue Slate Quarry
Tongue Slate Quarry is a mine in Kentmere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Tongue Slate Quarry is situated nearby to Jumb slate Quarry, as well as near Steel Rigg Slate Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kentmere Reservoir and Yoke.
Kentmere Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kentmere Reservoir is a water storage facility situated in the Kentmere valley in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located 10.5 kilometres north-northeast of the town of Windermere.
Yoke
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yoke is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It has a height of 706 metres and is situated in the far eastern sector of the national park, 6+1⁄2 kilometres ENE of the town of Ambleside.
Ill Bell
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ill Bell is a fell in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria, standing on the narrow ridge between the valleys of Kentmere and Troutbeck.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kentmere and Sadgill.
Kentmere
Village
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Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Kentmere is situated 2 miles south of Tongue Slate Quarry.
Sadgill
Village
Photo: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sadgill is a hamlet in Longsleddale, Cumbria, England. It is a divided settlement, also containing Low Sadgill. Sadgill is situated 2 miles southeast of Tongue Slate Quarry.
Mardale
Locality
Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, was raised to form Haweswater Reservoir by Manchester Corporation. Mardale is situated 3 miles northeast of Tongue Slate Quarry.
Tongue Slate Quarry
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Kentmere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.45753° or 54° 27′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.84881° or 2° 50′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6VF552+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4550982347OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mineOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mine
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