Racecourse Hill

Racecourse Hill is a locality in Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, England. Racecourse Hill is situated nearby to the locality Long Stile, as well as near Short Stile.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mardale Ill Bell and Blea Water.

Mardale Ill Bell

Peak

Photo: Bob Danylec, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mardale Ill Bell is a fell in the English Lake District, rising to the south west of Haweswater Reservoir. It stands on the watershed between Mardale and Kentmere and is the highpoint of the south-eastern ridge of High Street, midway on its course to Harter Fell.

Blea Water is a tarn or corrie lake which occupies a glacially excavated hollow immediately to the east of High Street in the Lake District, England. At just over 200 feet deep, it is the deepest tarn in the Lake District.

Thornthwaite Crag

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thornthwaite Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir. It is a focal point of the Far Eastern Fells, standing at the head of several valleys.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mardale and Hartsop.

Mardale

Locality

Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, was raised to form Haweswater Reservoir by Manchester Corporation. Mardale is situated 2 miles east of Racecourse Hill.

Hartsop

Hamlet

Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours. Hartsop is situated 2½ miles northwest of Racecourse Hill.

Sadgill

Village

Photo: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sadgill is a hamlet in Longsleddale, Cumbria, England. It is a divided settlement, also containing Low Sadgill. Sadgill is situated 4 miles southeast of Racecourse Hill.

Racecourse Hill

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

54.49104° or 54° 29′ 28″ north

Longitude

-2.86451° or 2° 51′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6VF4RP+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4999575133

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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