Windy Gap

Windy Gap is a mountain saddle in Ennerdale and Kinniside, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 2,464 feet. Windy Gap is situated nearby to the locality Mitchell Cove, as well as near Great Hell Gate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scafell Pike and Great Gable.

Scafell Pike

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Thorneh, Public domain.

Scafell Pike is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has an elevation of 978 metres above sea level, making it the highest and the most prominent mountain in England.

Great Gable

Peak

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions.

Kirk Fell

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Kirk Fell is a fell in the Western part of the English Lake District. It is situated between Great Gable and Pillar on the long ring of fells surrounding the valley of Ennerdale, and also stands over Wasdale to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borrowdale and Wasdale Head.

Borrowdale

Photo: Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Borrowdale is a valley and civic parish in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. The valley caters to lowland visitors and hill-walkers with hotels, guesthouses, holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, youth hostels and campsites.

Wasdale Head

Hamlet

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England.

Seathwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller…

Windy Gap

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,464 feet
Category: landform
Location: Ennerdale and Kinniside, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4842° or 54° 29′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.2143° or 3° 12′ 51″ west

Elevation

2,464 feet (751 metres)

Open location code

9C6RFQMP+M7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 698485739

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

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