Scout Green

Scout Green
Scout Green
Scout Green Scout Green shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY593075
Civil parish	Orton
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	015396
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°27′43″N 2°37′37″W / 54.462°N 2.627°W / 54.462; -2.627

Scout Green is a hamlet and small area of farm land near the village of Tebay in Cumbria, England.

It is best known among railway enthusiasts as a location for trainspotting and photography on the West Coast Main Line between Penrith and Oxenholme, and has been a famous vantage point on the railway since its inception as the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, since southbound trains can be captured accelerating downhill from Shap Fell. A signal box was located at Scout Green, but this was removed in the 1970s when then WCML was electrified.

Another curiosity of Scout Green is its access road — it involves travelling up a single track road which runs between the carriageways of the M6 motorway.

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