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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Blea Tarn from Lingmoor Fell. The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. [ 1 ]
Dufton. / 54.62016; -2.4820. Dufton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies in the Eden Valley and below Great Dun Fell. It is mostly around 180m above sea level. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 201 , [2] increasing to 204 at the 2011 Census [3] The centre of the village is ...
54.991°N 2.574°W. / 54.991; -2.574. Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles (32 km) west of Hexham, and about 18 miles (29 km) east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. The village provides an amenity centre for visitors touring Hadrian's Wall and other features of historical interest in ...
Moorside nuclear power station. / 54.4296; -3.5109. Moorside nuclear power station is proposed for a site near Sellafield, in Cumbria, England. [2] The original plan by NuGeneration, a British subsidiary of Toshiba -owned Westinghouse Electric Company, had the station coming online from 2024 with 3.4 GW of new nuclear capacity, from three ...
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd (which is the site licensee company). Spent nuclear fuel from nuclear reactors was reprocessed to separate the 96% uranium and the 1% ...
1:15:48 (women) Official site. cumbrianrun .co .uk. The Great Cumbrian Run is an annual half marathon road running event held in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom. Dave Cannon finished first in the inaugural Cumbrian Run in 1982 completing the course in 1:05:06 while Francis Bowen of Kenya holds the race record of 1:03:35 achieved in 2004. [1] [2]
Cumberland (/ ˈ k ʌ m b ər l ə n d / KUM-bər-lənd) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county and is now fully part of Cumbria.The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north.
The cave passages adjoining the Ease Gill main streamway were connected to Link Pot and Pippikin Pot in 1978, and Pippikin was itself connected to Lost John's Cave by diving in 1989. With its many entrances, the Ease Gill system offers cavers a wide variety of through trips; the Ease Gill streamway is regarded as one of the finest in the UK.