Lambrigg Fell Wind Farm near Kendal Cumbria
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flipflopnick
N 54° 20.145 W 002° 38.171
30U E 523655 N 6020939
Five wind turbines generating electricity, visible from M6 motorway, junction 37. Few hundred metres north of A684 between Kendal and Sedbergh. One kilometre from M6 J37, easy to visit.
Waymark Code: WMC8Q
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/09/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member montythemule
Views: 61

Each tower has a Christian name to identify it. One blade of each rotor has a whistle.

Nearby geocache is a SOTA cache. Nearby summit is a Marilyn. (visit link)

Park in wide entrance to quarry on A684.

What are the names of each pylon?

npower page about Lambrigg (visit link)
Fully operational in September 2000, at that time this 6.5 megawatt (MW) wind farm was the largest to be constructed in England since 1993, generating enough electricity each year for an average annual usage of around 4,000 homes, offsetting about 14,000 tonnes of the carbon dioxide every year.

The site has a life span of 20 to 25 years, after which the whole wind farm will be decommissioned by removing the turbines.
Date of Manufacture: 04/02/2006

Purpose: Electricity

Open to the public: yes

Is This Windmill Functional?: Yes!

Windmill Farm: yes

Museum on Site: no

Cost: Not Listed

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