Dale Head Close
Dale Head Close is a locality in Ulpha, Cumberland, England. Dale Head Close is situated nearby to the locality Old Close, as well as near High Crag.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hardknott Pass and Hardknott Roman Fort.
Hardknott Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hardknott Pass is a hill pass between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. The tarmac-surfaced road, which is the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, shares the title of steepest road in England with Rosedale Chimney Bank in North Yorkshire.
Hardknott Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Markas1370, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the challenging Hardknott Pass in the English Lake District. Hardknott Roman Fort is situated 1½ miles west of Dale Head Close.
Grey Friar
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grey Friar is a fell in the English Lake District, it is one of the Coniston Fells and is situated 13 kilometres west-south-west of Ambleside. It reaches a height of 770 metres and stands to the north west of the other Coniston Fells, a little off the beaten track and tends to be the least visited of the group.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cockley Beck and Seathwaite.
Cockley Beck
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockley Beck is a small hamlet, situated in the Duddon Valley in Cumbria, England. Historically, the hamlet was part of Lancashire. Located today within the Lake District National Park, it was established in the late 16th century, and is closely associated with the mining of copper ore in Cumbria.
Seathwaite
Village
Photo: Gordon Mellor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seathwaite is a village in the Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria in North West England. It is in the Lake District and part of historic Lancashire. Seathwaite is situated 3 miles south of Dale Head Close.
Coniston
Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.
Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.
Dale Head Close
- Type: Locality
- Location: Ulpha, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.39552° or 54° 23′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.1656° or 3° 9′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6R9RWM+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4950397159OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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