The Blue Screes
The Blue Screes is in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. The Blue Screes is situated nearby to the peak Atkinson Pike, as well as near Scales Tarn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blencathra and Scales Tarn.
Blencathra
Peak
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet.
Scales Tarn
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scales Tarn is situated 2,000 feet east of The Blue Screes.
Mungrisdale Common
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mungrisdale Common, pronounced mun-grize-dl, with emphasis on grize, is a fell in the English Lake District. Although Alfred Wainwright listed it as one of the 214 featured hills in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells it was his least favourite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Threlkeld and Hutton Moor End.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. Threlkeld is situated 2 miles south of The Blue Screes.
Hutton Moor End
Locality
Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old route-way between Penrith to Keswick. Hutton Moor End is situated 2½ miles east of The Blue Screes.
Mungrisdale
Village
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits. Mungrisdale is situated 3 miles northeast of The Blue Screes.
The Blue Screes
- Type: Scree
- Category: landform
- Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6456° or 54° 38′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.0503° or 3° 3′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C6RJWWX+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 489596730OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scree
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