Wren Gill Slate Quarry

Wren Gill Slate Quarry is a quarry in Longsleddale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Wren Gill Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Kentmere Pike, as well as near Little Harter Fell.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kentmere Pike and Harter Fell.

Kentmere Pike

Peak

Photo: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kentmere Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, rising between the valleys of Kentmere and Longsleddale. It is the highpoint on the ridge between Harter Fell and Shipman Knotts.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sadgill and Mardale.

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 2 miles south of Wren Gill Slate Quarry.

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. Mardale is situated 2 miles north of Wren Gill Slate Quarry.

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. Kentmere is situated 3 miles south of Wren Gill Slate Quarry.

Wren Gill Slate Quarry

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

54.46946° or 54° 28′ 10″ north

Longitude

-2.81272° or 2° 48′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C6VF59P+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 507351970

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Highlights include Little Harter Fell and Brown Howe.

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