Great Slab

Great Slab is in Eskdale, Cumberland, England. Great Slab is situated nearby to the peak Bowfell, as well as near the mountain saddle Three Tarns.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bowfell and Three Tarns.

Bowfell

Peak

Photo: Brooksaf, CC BY 2.5.

Bowfell is a pyramid-shaped mountain lying at the heart of the English Lake District, in the Southern Fells area. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District and one of the most popular of the Lake District fells for walkers.

Three Tarns

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Three Tarns is situated 1,700 feet south of Great Slab.

Rossett Pike

Peak

Photo: Shanesykes, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rossett Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It is located at the head of Mickleden, one of two tributary valleys of Great Langdale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cockley Beck and Seathwaite.

Cockley Beck

Hamlet

Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cockley Beck is a small hamlet, situated in the Duddon Valley in Cumbria, England. Historically, the hamlet was part of Lancashire. Located today within the Lake District National Park, it was established in the late 16th century, and is closely associated with the mining of copper ore in Cumbria. Cockley Beck is situated 3 miles south of Great Slab.

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… Seathwaite is situated 3½ miles north of Great Slab.

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. Wasdale Head is situated 4 miles west of Great Slab.

Great Slab

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.44839° or 54° 26′ 54″ north

Longitude

-3.16298° or 3° 9′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C6RCRXP+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 257572264

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bare_rock

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