Middle Tongue

Middle Tongue is a locality in Patterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Middle Tongue is situated nearby to the locality Birk Side, as well as near Whelp Side.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Helvellyn and High Crag.

Helvellyn

Peak

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Helvellyn is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ullswater.

High Crag

Peak

Photo: Peter Wormald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Crag is a minor fell on the Helvellyn Range in the eastern region of the English Lake District. It sits on the ridge to the south of Helvellyn and Nethermost Pike.

Nethermost Pike

Peak

Nethermost Pike is a fell in Cumbria, England, and a part of the Lake District. At 891 metres it is the second highest Wainwright in the Helvellyn range, the highest of which is Helvellyn itself.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Legburthwaite and Glenridding.

Legburthwaite

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere. Legburthwaite is situated 3½ miles north of Middle Tongue.

Glenridding

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.

Watendlath

Hamlet

Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level. Watendlath is situated 4 miles west of Middle Tongue.

Middle Tongue

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

54.51606° or 54° 30′ 58″ north

Longitude

-3.03123° or 3° 1′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6RGX89+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4992663892

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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