Grey Croft stone circle
Grey Croft stone circle is a restored stone circle near Seascale in Cumbria, England. It is situated near the site of the former nuclear-power stations at Sellafield.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: stone circle in Seascale, Copeland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Grey Croft Stone Circle”, “Greycroft stone circle”, “Greycroft Stone Circle”, and “Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seascale railway station and Sellafield railway station.
Seascale railway station
Railway station
Seascale is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 33+1⁄4 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Seascale in Cumbria. Seascale railway station is situated 1 mile south of Grey Croft stone circle.
Sellafield railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It serves Sellafield, in Cumbria, England; it is situated 35 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness. Sellafield railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Grey Croft stone circle.
Sellafield
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning. Sellafield is situated 1 mile northwest of Grey Croft stone circle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calder Bridge and Drigg.
Calder Bridge
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956. Calder Bridge is situated 2½ miles north of Grey Croft stone circle.
Drigg
Village
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drigg is a village on the coast of the Irish Sea in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. It borders the Lake District National Park. Next to the village is the site of the UK's low-level radioactive waste storage facility. Drigg is situated 3 miles southeast of Grey Croft stone circle.
Blackbeck
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House. Blackbeck is situated 3 miles north of Grey Croft stone circle.
Grey Croft stone circle
- Categories: stone circle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Seascale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.40763° or 54° 24′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.49085° or 3° 29′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C6RCG55+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 516426262OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q14949372
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