Leadgate, Cumbria

Leadgate
Leadgate above Black Burn
Leadgate is located in the former Eden District
Leadgate
Leadgate
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Leadgate is located in Cumbria
Leadgate
Leadgate
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY706437
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALSTON
Postcode districtCA9
Dialling code01434
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
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UK
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Cumbria
54°47′17″N 2°27′22″W / 54.788°N 2.456°W / 54.788; -2.456

Leadgate is a small hamlet located at the foot of Hartside Fell between the town of Alston and the village of Garrigill in the parish of Alston Moor in Cumbria, England. It was the location of the earliest named mill on Alston Moor, referred to as Blackburn Mill in 1590,[1] situated on the Black Burn beck and still shown as a corn mill on the 1861 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.

The Hartside Fell is a prominent feature of the area. The cafe on the top of Hartside Pass, 4 miles (6,400 m) west of the hamlet, claimed to be the highest cafe in England at 575m. The cafe burnt down in 2018.[2]

  1. ^ Robertson, Alastair (2014). "Story No 50: The High Mill". Alston Moor Newsletter (89).
  2. ^ Hartside Pass, Cumbria