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OS grid reference
  
NY569536

Country
  
England

Post town
  
BRAMPTON

Shire county
  
Cumbria

Dialling code
  
01228

UK parliament constituency
  
Penrith and The Border

Region
  
North West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
CA8

District
  
City of Carlisle

Civil parish
  
Castle Carrock

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Geltsdale wood pasture


Geltsdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, to the southeast of Castle Carrock.

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 underly the SPA.

    Geltsdale RSPB reserve is a 5,000 ha nature reserve within the SSSI. It mainly moorland and is managed by the Royal Society for Protection of Birds for upland birds such as black grouse and hen harrier.

    References

    Geltsdale Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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