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Girdle Fell

Located in Kielder, Northumberland Coordinates: 55°18′33″ N 2°28′40″ W

Map showing the location of Girdle Fell Girdle Fell
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
536 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Catcleugh
5.2 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
July
See the climate
Airports
NCL Newcastle International Airport59 km
EDI Edinburgh Airport91 km

About Girdle Fell

Girdle Fell is a mountain. Location: Kielder, Northumberland. Elevation: 536 m. The best months to visit are July. The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (59 km). Nearby sights include Wool Meath and Carter Fell.

Climate of Girdle Fell

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 135 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
January (144 mm)
Driest month
April (78 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Girdle Fell
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°5°8°12°15°16°16°13°10°6°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°-1°0°3°6°8°7°6°3°0°-1°
Precipitation (mm)14410111378818188105114136135136

Other places to visit in this season: July

How to get to Girdle Fell

The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (NCL), 59 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newcastle upon Tyne, 67 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 59 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 91 kmnorthwest
  • Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 112 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 67 kmsoutheast
  • Sunderland Population: 170.1K 83 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 85 kmnorthwest
  • Middlesbrough Population: 142.7K 114 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 128 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Girdle Fell

Within 100 km: 684 historic and cultural sites, 2,330 natural sites, 517 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km224 places

  • Catcleugh Reservoir Lake 4 kmE
  • Kielder Water Lake 14 kmS
  • Rubers Law Mountain 18 kmNW
  • Carter Fell Mountain 4 kmNW

25–60 km1,330 places

  • Cocklawburn Beach Beach 57 kmNE
  • Cheswick Sands Beach 57 kmNE
  • Longhoughton Beach Beach 58 kmE
  • Old Law Island 58 kmNE

60–100 km1,977 places

  • Powillimount Beach Beach 84 kmSW
  • Burntisland Beach Beach 96 kmNW
  • Cramond beach Beach 91 kmNW
  • Portobello Beach Beach 82 kmNW

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