Hang gliding take off point

Hang gliding take off point is a scenic viewpoint in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Hang gliding take off point is situated nearby to the peak Souther Fell, as well as near Mungrisdale Community Wild Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Souther Fell and Church of St Kentigern, Mungrisdale.

Souther Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Souther Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Mungrisdale village in the Northern Fells. It is most famous for the appearance of a "spectral army", said to have been seen marching along its crest on Midsummer's Day, 1745.

Church of St Kentigern, Mungrisdale

Church

Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Kentigern, Mungrisdale is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Hang gliding take off point.

Bowscale Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowscale Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It rises above the village of Mungrisdale in the Northern Fells. Bowscale Fell stands at the extreme north east the Blencathra group, connected to this higher fell by the intervening Bannerdale Crags. Bowscale Fell is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hang gliding take off point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mungrisdale and Bowscale.

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.

Bowscale

Hamlet

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

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 1½ miles south of Hang gliding take off point.

Hang gliding take off point

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.65648° or 54° 39′ 23″ north

Longitude

-2.9979° or 2° 59′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6VM242+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5014036071

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mungrisdale Community Wild Garden and Souther Fell South Top.

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