Longsleddale

Longsleddale
View from Kentmere Pike looking south to the central and lower parts of Longsleddale
Longsleddale is located in Cumbria
Longsleddale
Longsleddale
Location within Cumbria
Population73 (2001)
OS grid referenceNY5003
Civil parish
  • Longsleddale
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKENDAL
Postcode districtLA8
Dialling code01539
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°25′08″N 2°46′12″W / 54.419°N 2.770°W / 54.419; -2.770

Longsleddale (/ˈlɒŋslɛdəl/) is a valley and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It includes the hamlet of Sadgill. The parish has a population of 73.[1] As the population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100, details are maintained in the civil parish of Whitwell and Selside.

The valley is bounded to the west by Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts, one arm of the Kentmere Horseshoe, and to the east by Sleddale Fell and its summits of Grey Crag and Tarn Crag; one of several Cumbrian hills named Great Howe is on the east of the valley above Sadgill.[2][3] The River Sprint starts on the slopes of Harter Fell and Branstree, and flows south through the valley before joining the River Kent to the north of the town of Kendal.

Halfway between Garnett Bridge and Sadgill, Ubarrow Hall is a mediaeval pele tower, reduced in height, adjoining a 17th-century farmhouse.[4]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 October 2010
  2. ^ "Great Howe (Longsleddale)". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Great Howe, South Lakeland - area information, map, walks and more". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Ubarrow Hall". Pastscape. Retrieved 14 June 2011.