Southerfell

Southerfell is a hamlet in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Southerfell is situated nearby to the locality Waterhouse, as well as near The Garth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Souther Fell and Blencathra.

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.

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. Blencathra is situated 2 miles west of Southerfell.

Mosedale Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mosedale Viaduct carried the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway over Mosedale Beck until its closure in 1972. Building work on the viaduct began in 1862, and the first test train crossed it in 1864.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hutton Moor End and Mungrisdale.

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.

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.

Troutbeck

Village

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troutbeck is a hamlet within Cumbria, England, a few miles to the west of Penrith. It was previously in the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District, the civil parish of Hutton, and the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. Great Mell Fell is situated immediately to the east of Troutbeck. Troutbeck is situated 2 miles east of Southerfell.

Southerfell

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.64254° or 54° 38′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.99381° or 2° 59′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C6VJ2V4+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4863848184

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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