Windy Scout Mine
Windy Scout Mine is a mine in Warton, Lancaster, England. Windy Scout Mine is situated nearby to the cave Toad Hole, as well as near Barrow Scout Fields RSPB.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Warton Crag and Leighton Hall.
Warton Crag
Scenic viewpoint
Warton Crag is a limestone hill in north west Lancashire, England. It lies to the north west of Warton village, in City of Lancaster district. At 163 metres it is the highest point in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is listed as a "HuMP" or "Hundred Metre Prominence", having a "drop" or "prominence" of 126 metres with its parent being Hutton Roof Crags. Warton Crag is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Windy Scout Mine.
Leighton Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Anglovirtual, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leighton Hall is a historic house 0.5 miles to the west of Yealand Conyers in Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Leighton Hall is situated 1 mile northeast of Windy Scout Mine.
Silverdale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Colin Wynne-Parle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silverdale is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 9+1⁄2 miles north-west of Lancaster, serves the village of Silverdale in Lancashire. Silverdale railway station is situated 1 mile north of Windy Scout Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yealand Storrs and Carnforth.
Yealand Storrs
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Yealand Storrs is situated 2 miles northeast of Windy Scout Mine.
Carnforth
Photo: Jay Son, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carnforth is a small market town in Lancashire in Northwest England. It's best known for its railway station, location for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, with the station clock ticking relentlessly to trammel the characters' lives.
Arnside and Silverdale
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arnside and Silverdale is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North West England on the border between Lancashire and Cumbria. It's one of the smallest AONBs, just 29 square miles between the Kent Estuary, the River Keer and the A6.
Windy Scout Mine
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Warton, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.15473° or 54° 9′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.79666° or 2° 47′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C6V5633+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 738573304OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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Highlights include Toad Hole and Barrow Scout Fields RSPB.
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