Warcop Training Area
The Warcop Training Area is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in Cumbria. Part of the Defence Training Estate, the area consists of approximately 24,000 acres of MoD freehold land.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: United Kingdom Ministry of Defence training area in Cumbria, England
- Address: Warcop, CA16 6PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mickle Fell and Murton Fell.
Mickle Fell
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mickle Fell is a mountain in the Pennines, the range of hills and moors running down the middle of Northern England. It has a maximum elevation of 788 m. Mickle Fell is situated 1½ miles northeast of Warcop Training Area.
Murton Fell
Peak
Murton Fell is a hill of 675 metres above the village of Murton, Cumbria in Westmorland and Furness district, in the North Pennines. It lies east of the dramatic valley of High Cup Nick It lies on the central watershed of England, as it is drained to the south west into the River Eden flowing into the Solway Firth, and to the north east into the River Tees and ultimately the North Sea. Murton Fell is situated 2½ miles northwest of Warcop Training Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include High Cup Gill and Hilton.
High Cup Gill
Locality
Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
High Cup Gill, almost a geometrically perfect U-shaped chasm, is a valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp to the northeast of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria and within the North Pennines AONB in northern England. High Cup Gill is situated 4 miles northwest of Warcop Training Area.
Hilton
Village
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about 3 miles east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of 752 feet. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253. Hilton is situated 4 miles west of Warcop Training Area.
Murton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Murton is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. Murton is situated 4 miles west of Warcop Training Area.
Warcop Training Area
Latitude
54.59461° or 54° 35′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.32193° or 2° 19′ 19″ westOperator
Defence Infrastructure OrganisationOpen location code
9C6VHMVH+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 39432740OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_areaWikidata ID
Q7968899
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