Nenthead
The small village of Nenthead in the county of Cumbria is England's highest village at 1500 feet. It was not built until 1825 and was one of the earliest purpose-built industrial villages in Britain. Nenthead was a major centre for lead and silver mining in the North Pennines of Britain. Nenthead in 1825 was a bustling village of some 1500 souls, mostly Methodist and employed by the Quaker Lead Company in the Nenthead Mines - some of the most productive in the country. The benevolent Quakers built, amongst other things, housing, a school, a reading room, public baths and a wash-house for the miners and their families. The mines closed in 1961 and there is now a Heritage Centre displaying their history. The economy of the village is now based around tourism. England's most popular long distance cycle route, the C2C, passes through the village.
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