Scream Point Details + GPS Waypoint (#504069)

Classification: Sub-tump.
OS Grid Ref: SD489959 (10 figure Grid Ref: SD4897495986).
UK Area: 34 - Lake District - Eastern Fells (OS Maps )
Latitude: 54.35684, Longitude: -2.78664, Height: 135.33 metres (444 feet)
Prominence: 21.47 metres (70 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0135.- (Hill ID: 504069)

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Chris Pearson says...
7/11/22. Shortest of walks in wellies over rusty gate from layby/old road. (after teaching at Kirbie Kendal school and returning to Troutbeck on a grey damp day.) Web research finds: So what is a 'Scream Point'? `(This) is one of those places which in the days of my childhood used to be called `scream points.` They were given this name because, when you came to them, you couldn't help calling-out `Oh!` The earliest `scream point` that I can remember was on the road from Kendal to Staveley, where, as you come round a corner, you suddenly see the whole range of the high fells of the Lake District spread out in front of you. No visitor can go there on a fine day without exclaiming vociferously: `Oh, how lovely!` in short, he `screams` when he reaches that `point.` If he doesn't there must be something amiss with him.` 'A Tour In Westmorland' Ch8 by Sir Clement Jones, 1948 A It was apparently so well known that it has actually made it onto the OS 1:25000 map -

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