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In the Lake District, the junction between the early Ordovician series, Skiddaw Slate, and the Borrowdale Volcanic that was forced under it, can be seen on the slopes of Fleetwith Pike. In the English Lake District, the Borrowdale Volcanic Group is composed of lavas (mainly andesites), tuffs and agglomerates, along with some major igneous ...
Dovenest Top (Woofgill Pike) NY255113. 632 m. Hewitt, Nuttall. Glaramara is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is a substantial fell that is part of a long ridge that stretches for over six kilometres (3+3⁄4 miles) from Stonethwaite in Borrowdale up to the important mountain pass of Esk Hause.
Seathwaite, Borrowdale is the wettest inhabited place in England with an average of 3,300 mm (130 in) of rain a year, [36] while nearby Sprinkling Tarn is even wetter, recording over 5,000 mm (200 in) per year; [37] [38] by contrast, Keswick, at the lower end of Borrowdale, receives 1,470 mm (58 in) every year, and Penrith (just outside the ...
The Borrowdale Valley in Cumbria was declared a national nature reserve by Natural England and the National Trust on Wednesday. Rare English rainforest to become protected nature reserve Skip to ...
Coordinates: 54.42°N 2.665°W. Borrowdale (Westmorland) from the slopes of Grayrigg Forest. Borrowdale is a valley in the English Lake District. [1][2] It is located in the county of Westmorland, and is sometimes referred to as Westmorland Borrowdale in order to distinguish it from a more famous Borrowdale located in Cumberland. The valley ...
Watendlath is reached by a minor road from the Borrowdale road (B5289). The single track unmarked road winds its way up over Ashness Bridge, which is a traditional stone-built bridge and a very famous landmark. Motorists encountering any traffic coming in the opposite direction on the single track road must use the passing places that are provided.
List of known rainforests. The Celtic rainforests in Wales are mainly situated in North Wales and Mid Wales, particularly river valleys of Ceredigion, Gwynedd (specifically Snowdonia) and Powys. [24] Some examples include: [3][24] Coed Llechwedd Einion (Powys) Coed Cwm Einion (Ceredigion) – within Dyfi Biosphere, sometimes "Artists Valley".
Whinfell Beacon is a hill of 472 metres (1,549 ft) in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, to the east of the Lake District. [1] [2] [3] It is in the far east of the Lake District National Park since the national park's expansion in 2019. It is east of the A6 road and west of the M6 motorway, south of Borrowdale, Westmorland (not the better known ...