Mellguards
Built-up area in Westmorland and Furness, England
| Coordinates: | 54.799, -2.869 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 44 45 |
| Dialling code: | 016974 (Raughton Head) |
Mellguards is a small, rural settlement in Westmorland and Furness, England, typical of the area's upland farmland and fell country. It feels more like a farming community than a tourist centre, with a landscape shaped by drystone walls, patchwork fields and grazing sheep.
Historically linked to sheep rearing and the local rural economy, the hamlet’s stone-built farmsteads hint at that agricultural past; today life here revolves around farming, small-scale tourism and outdoor pursuits such as walking and cycling. Community life is generally quiet and close-knit, with residents drawing on nearby market towns for services while enjoying easy access to the region’s traditional scenery.
Postcode districts covering Mellguards
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Hesket Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Hesket and Lazonby Ward 3.7 miles6 km
- St. Cuthbert Without Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Cumwhinton Built-up area 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Castle Sowerby Parish 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Harraby South Ward 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Dalston Built-up area 5.6 miles9 km
- Upperby Ward 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Harraby North Ward 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Cumwhitton Parish 5.9 miles9.6 km
- Sebergham Parish 6 miles9.6 km
- Skelton Built-up area 6 miles9.7 km
Example postcodes in Mellguards
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 49.6 miles79.8 km
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 60.9 miles98.1 km
- Armathwaite Railway Station 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Dalston Railway Station 5.8 miles9.3 km
Hotels near Mellguards Ad
- Crown Hotel Wetheral 4 6 miles9.7 km
- The Fleece at Ruleholme 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Cumbria Park Hotel 3 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Dalston Hall 4 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Crown & Mitre Hotel 3 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Brooklyn House 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Ibis Carlisle City Centre 2 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Carlisle Station Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Bw 3 6.9 miles11.1 km
- The County Hotel 3 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Ox Hotel Carlisle 3 6.2 miles9.9 km
Local points of interest
- Inglewood Forest Forest 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 5 miles8 km
- Brunton Park Stadium 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Brocavum Archaeological site 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Lowther Castle Estate 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Blencathra Centre Country house 14.9 miles24 km
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 16.8 miles27 km
- Fanum Cocidi Archaeological site 19.8 miles31.9 km