Mardale Head Car Park

Mardale Head Car Park is a parking area in Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, England. Mardale Head Car Park is situated nearby to the peak Branstree, as well as near Little Harter Fell.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Branstree and Harter Fell.

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.

Harter Fell is a fell in the far eastern part of the English Lake District. The summit at lies the meeting point of three ridges, and Harter Fell forms the head of three valleys: Mardale, Longsleddale and the valley of the River Kent.

Small Water

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Small Water is situated 1 mile southwest of Mardale Head Car Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mardale and Sadgill.

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.

Sadgill

Village

Photo: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sadgill is a hamlet in Longsleddale, Cumbria, England. It is a divided settlement, also containing Low Sadgill. Sadgill is situated 3 miles south of Mardale Head Car Park.

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. Hartsop is situated 4 miles west of Mardale Head Car Park.

Mardale Head Car Park

Type: Parking area
Category: transportation
Location: Shap Rural, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.48915° or 54° 29′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.8204° or 2° 49′ 13″ west

Parking

surface

Open location code

9C6VF5QH+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 468330798

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

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