Geltsdale
Sign in to saveGeltsdale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Castle Carrock, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, to the southeast of Castle Carrock village. In 2001 the parish had a population of 6. From 1858 Geltsdale was a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged with Castle Carrock. thumb|right|Scenery The Geltsdale Reservoir railway ran in the vicinity.
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- Instance of
- hamlet
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cumbria
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Geltsdale House - geograph.org.uk - 159066.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01228
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- Geltsdale
- OS grid reference
- NY569536
- historic county
- Cumberland
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Geltsdale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Castle Carrock, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, to the southeast of Castle Carrock village. In 2001 the parish had a population of 6. From 1858 Geltsdale was a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged with Castle Carrock. thumb|right|Scenery The Geltsdale Reservoir railway ran in the vicinity.
The local landscapes are under several levels of protection. Two of the protected areas cover a large area: the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the North Pennines Moors Special Protection Area (147,276 ha) Geltsdale & Glendue Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest has an area of 8,059 ha, and is one of the SSSIs which underlie the SPA.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geltsdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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