Geography
The mouth of the valley is located at Skelwith Bridge, which lies about two miles west of the town of Ambleside. The Langdale valley contains two villages, Chapel Stile and Elterwater, and a hamlet at High Close. It is a U-shaped valley formed by glaciers, while Little Langdale is a hanging valley.
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