Mungrisdale is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the north east of the

English Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

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. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits. Mungrisdale is a popular starting point for ascents of the nearby hills, such as

Bowscale Fell Bowscale Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It rises above the village of Mungrisdale in the Northern Fells. Bowscale Fell stands at the extreme north east the Blencathra group, connected to this higher fell by the intervening Banne ...

Bannerdale Crags Bannerdale Crags is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Blencathra and Bowscale Fell in the Northern Fells. Topography Bannerdale Crags is a ridge running north west to south east. The name was originally applied purely to th ...

and

Souther Fell Souther Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Mungrisdale village in the Northern Fells. It is most famous for the appearance of a "spectral army", said to have been seen marching along its crest on Midsummer ...

. It lies on the

River Glenderamackin The River Glenderamackin, the Glendermackin or Glendermackin Beck is a watercourse in Cumbria, England. It is a headstream of the Greta. The river rises on Mungrisdale Common north of Blencathra and drains much of the eastern and southern side ...

, a tributary of the

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. Mungrisdale has no local amenities except for the Grade II*

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St Kentigern's Church built in 1756, a village hall and a

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, the Mill Inn. The civil parish of Mungrisdale is made up of the hamlets of

Berrier Berrier is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Mungrisdale, which is made up of eight hamlets and had a population of 297 in the 2011 United Kingdom census. The civil parish of Berrier and Murrah existed from 1866 to 1934, ...

Bowscale Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27. The sable tarn in Sir Walter Scott's poem ''The Bridal of Trierma ...

Haltcliff Bridge Haltcliff Bridge or Haltcliffe Bridge is a hamlet on the River Caldew, in the civil parish of Mungrisdale in the county of Cumbria, England. The spelling ''Haltcliffe'' is used by Mungrisdale parish council, by Royal Mail (eg for "The Mill" at ...

, Heggle Lane, Hutton Roof, Mosedale, Mungrisdale and Murrah. The parish had a population of 284 in 2001, increasing to 297 at the 2011 Census.

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External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Mungrisdale
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Mungrisdale village website
Villages in Cumbria Civil parishes in Cumbria Eden District {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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