Scogarth

Scogarth is a locality in Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, England. Scogarth is situated nearby to the locality Stoneraise, as well as near the hamlet Guardhouse.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mosedale Viaduct and Blencathra.

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.

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 1½ miles northwest of Scogarth.

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. Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Scogarth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hutton Moor End and Threlkeld.

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.

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. Threlkeld is situated 1½ miles west of Scogarth.

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 Scogarth.

Scogarth

Type: Locality
Location: Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.62719° or 54° 37′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.01635° or 3° 0′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C6RJXGM+VF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4863922742

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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