Guardhouse
Guardhouse is a hamlet in Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, England. Guardhouse is situated nearby to the locality Scogarth, as well as near Scales Green.Places of Interest
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.
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 Threlkeld and Hutton Moor End.
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, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.
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 2 miles northeast of Guardhouse.
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 Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits. Mungrisdale is situated 3 miles northeast of Guardhouse.
Guardhouse
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.62393° or 54° 37′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.02427° or 3° 1′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C6RJXFG+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4863922165OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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