Sallows Slate Quarry

Sallows Slate Quarry is a quarry in Kentmere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Sallows Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the fell Moor Head, as well as near the peak Sour Howes.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sallows and Sour Howes.

Sallows

Peak

Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sallows is a fell in the English Lake District, rising between the valleys of Kentmere and Troutbeck. It is the highest point in the upland area to the south of Garburn Pass, variously termed Kentmere Park and Applethwaite Common on Ordnance Survey maps.

Sour Howes

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sour Howes is a small fell in the English Lake District. It is situated five kilometres east of Ambleside, between the Troutbeck and Kentmere valleys and is one of the two separate fells on Applethwaite Common.

Kentmere Tarn

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kentmere Tarn is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kentmere and Troutbeck.

Kentmere

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

Troutbeck

Village

Photo: JaneArt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Troutbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in Westmorland and Furness unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

Troutbeck Bridge

Village

Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Troutbeck Bridge is situated 3 miles southwest of Sallows Slate Quarry.

Sallows Slate Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Kentmere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.42702° or 54° 25′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.87351° or 2° 52′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C6VC4GG+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 507039198

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sallows Slate Quarry and Moor Head.

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