Crag Plantation

Crag Plantation is a forest in Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, England. Crag Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Speaking Crag, as well as near Gate Crag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Branstree and Kidsty Pike.

Branstree

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir.

Kidsty Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir. It is a subsidiary top of Rampsgill Head, but has long achieved the status of a separate fell, thanks to its classic peaked profile.

Selside Pike

Peak

Selside Pike or Selside is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between the valleys of Mardale and Swindale in the Far Eastern Fells.

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.

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.