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TP25745 - Shap
 
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Grid reference :
NY 55724 12052 map
Type :
Active station
Condition :
Good Good condition
Current use :
Active station
Historic use :
none
T:UK waypoint :
TP25745
County :
Cumbria
Nearest town :
APPLEBY-IN-WESTMR.

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There are 28 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 6778th with 98 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 5.38/10 (from 29 logged visits)
Was First logged: 3rd Apr 2016
Was Last logged: 9th Apr 2024

Of the 29 logged visits,
8 recorded a location and of these....
All were within 57m
The average error was 8m
1 was exact

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Selection of photos for this Active station.

Shap
By ted
Shap
By ted
Shap
By ted
Shap Active Station
By coinea

By asbown
Shap selfie
©thejackrustles
See 22 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

Good condition 9th Apr 2024  19:34  by NormanW

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bagged on my wet way back to the caravan site at Keswick which was being evacuated due to imminent flooding risk.


Good condition 19th Mar 2024  08:25  by We TRye hard

Gridref: NY 55724 12055   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Altitude 255m. Parked up at the reservoir at the start of a benchmark hunt and called in on this on my way past.


Good condition 17th Oct 2023  14:10  by ted

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Active station is still present, excluded from the compound. The Leica dome is somewhat discoloured. Overcast, breezy day but remaining dry. A few days ago, a BBC weather forecast mentioned the temperature at Shap. This met station would be where the reading originated from.

Shap trig
Shap trig
Shap trig


Good condition 10th Jun 2023  15:41  by 1473

Gridref: NY 55724 12053   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Accidentally came across this whilst taking a walk around the reservoir as a break from the M6, saw it coming over the bridge and instantly smiled.


Good condition 16th Jul 2022  10:48  by coinea

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find behind MET office compound

Shap Active Station


Good condition 25th Dec 2021  00:00  by Axe Edge

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Like others before me, I am surprised it isn't in the Met Office compound. Its exclusion makes it easy peasy to get up close and inspect....instead of peering from street corners or multi storey car parks (Carlisle & Newcastle). I am giving today's quarry to the triggers who went out today. It is Xmas day!!!


Good condition 12th Sep 2021  13:20  by dugswell2

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In the area.


Good condition 19th Sep 2020  10:00  by tigger4242

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy to find at the Weather Station

©tigger4242


Good condition 6th Jul 2020  13:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NY 55700 12000   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Found at back of weather station then drove up to dam for great views


Good condition 13th Jun 2020  14:19  by greenbell

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

A special trig for so many reasons. First visit to Cumbria since Feb, glorious stormy skies, first sundew of the year having missed out on Scotland in April, the ghost of Richard Griffiths up on the hillside with the concrete ring above and also a hello to Tebay services. A handsome, rugged, difficult place.





Good condition 1st Jan 2020  15:30  by sheepsocks

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Dull location. As others have said, is surprisingly accessible.


Good condition 28th Dec 2019  09:25  by Earby Rambler

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Visited with P61.

Shap
Close up


Good condition 28th Dec 2019  09:25  by painterman61

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Revisit icy cold blast off the shap fells as the mist clears, interesting weather station adjacent .

nice tripod ©painterman61
istallation label says 28/10/2018 ©painterman61


Good condition 26th Jul 2019  18:00  by David Bremner

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

By the road out to Wet Sleddale. I can hardly thing of a better name for somehere in this part of the British Isles: Wet Sleddale! The station sits by a compound but on the outside, so more accessible than these contraptions normally are.


Good condition 9th Jun 2019  11:01  by asbown

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 9th Jun 2019  11:01  by The reluctant trigger

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 24th Mar 2019  16:00  by Wayne Mac

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found after coming back to the car from the Wet Sleddale Horseshoe, which lived up to its WET name

Active Station ©Wayne Mac


Good condition 22nd Mar 2018  14:40  by Dusty

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Active Station


Good condition 2nd Nov 2017  10:38  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: NY 55724 12053   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Modern hi-tech device, very easily accessible for a change. First of six different species of trigs today, introducing non-trig friend to the world of trig-spotting. So he got to see an active station, a rivet, an FBM, a (very special) pillar; a curry stool and a concrete ring.

Shap The active station.
Shap Techie stuff.


Good condition 14th Oct 2017  17:18  by ZanderH

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 14th Oct 2017  17:17  by agentmancuso

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Nice to get right up to one.


Good condition 5th Aug 2017  12:24  by Brunshaw

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Did with p61 on day trip to lakes


Good condition 5th Aug 2017  12:19  by painterman61

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy bag only second one i've touched strange why it isn't in the next door weather station

Station ©painterman61
Detail ©painterman61


Good condition 15th Jul 2017  12:03  by thejackrustles

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Expected it to be inside the Met Office compound but it wasn't, shame as I had my Met man with me and could have got exclusive access!

Shap selfie ©thejackrustles
Shap ©thejackrustles


Good condition 21st Jan 2017  14:00  by rupertal

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 23rd Oct 2016  11:10  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

Gridref: NY 55727 12053   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The wooden fencing has been removed

Shap ©lonesome_cowboy_burt


Good condition 14th Apr 2016  11:45  by jonglew

Gridref: NY 55726 12054   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

En-route to Triggers Weekend in Comrie. Short distance (by car) from M6 junc 39. In pasture, oddly located behind a Met Office compound and not in it!

Active Stn with cattle protection TP25745©jonglew
The Leica Dome TP25745©jonglew


Good condition 3rd Apr 2016  08:35  by CJO

Gridref: NY 55721 12054   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

En route to the west Lakes today anyway - this was on our list too! Definitely has four legs (quad pod). Very recent installation but surprisingly located outside the Met Office compound which, in itself, has been very recently mown. Cable from active station runs into Met Office compound presumably to comms readings via microwave located on adjacent mast.

Shap


Good condition 3rd Apr 2016  06:34  by peregrinus

Gridref: NY 55724 12052   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Leica dome on tripod just S of weather station compound, beside road to Wet Sleddale resr. Recently reported by Ted Allwood, confirmed on site. Official co-ords 355724.555 512052.321


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