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'''Shap''' is a [[linear village]] located amongst [[fell]]s and isolated [[Valley|dales]] in [[Eden, Cumbria|Eden district]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]]. The village lies along the [[A6 road]] and is near to the [[M6 motorway]]. It is situated 10 miles from [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] and about 15 miles from [[Kendal]].
==Description==
The village has four [[pubs]], a small [[supermarket]], a fish & chip shop, an ethnic restaurant, Mango, (Mexican, Italian, Turkish and Caribbean), a butcher's shop, a [[primary school]], newsagents, café, ceramic art studio called Edge Ceramics, a joint [[police station|police]] and [[fire station]], bank, a shoe shop and both [[Church of England|Anglican]] and [[Methodist]] churches. The [[West Coast Main Line]] runs along the eastern edge of the village but [[Shap railway station]] closed many years ago, though there have been recent calls for its re-opening. To the southern end of the village is a factory producing [[sausage]]s; other major employers in the area are the [[Hanson plc|Hanson]] and [[Corus Group|Corus]] [[limestone]] quarries and the [[Readymix Corporation Group|RMC]] Shap Granite quarries. Until the late 1990s there was a small factory making shoes in the centre of the village.
Although Shap is a small village, technically it is a [[market town]] with a charter dating from the 17th century. The parish was, between 1905 and 1935, administered by an [[urban district]] council. At one time, the granite works (which are situated about a mile outside the village) was in itself a separate community, with its own [[Co-op UK|Co-op]] store.
The [[civil parish]] of Shap (formerly Shap Urban Parish) includes the hamlet of [[Keld, Cumbria|Keld]] and parts of the granite works and Corus limestone works. The parish shares a joint parish council with [[Shap Rural]].
Shap is on the route of the [[Coast to Coast Walk]]. Some of the scenes in the feature film ''[[Withnail and I]]'', which is set in nearby [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]], were filmed in and around Shap. Uncle Monty's cottage is located near [[Wet Sleddale Reservoir]].
== Dialect ==
The people of Shap speak a variant of the Penrithian dialect, which is itself a variant of the [[Cumbrian dialect]] spoken around the Penrith and Eden district area.
==Attractions==
'''Shap [[Route summit|Summit]]''' is located on the motorway at {{gbmappingsmall|NY583120}} and the railway at {{gbmappingsmall|NY570110}}.
'''Shap Fell''' {{gbmappingsmall|NY530088}} is known for Shap [[granite]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/schools/Glossary/granite.htm |title = Shap granite}}</ref> that is a pink rock rich in [[orthoclase]], [[quartz]] and [[biotite]]; Shap Pink Quarry {{gbmappingsmall|NY557083}} takes its name from this. '''[[Shap Abbey]]''' {{gbmappingsmall|NY547151}} is also nearby.
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.fellhouse.com Fell House Guest House]
* [http://www.mangolive.co.uk Mango eatery]
* [http://www.edgeceramics.co.uk Edge Ceramics]
*{{oscoor gbx|NY563150}} - the village
* [http://www.shapcumbria.info www.shapcumbria.info]
==Location Grid==
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[[Category:Villages in Cumbria]]
[[Category:Westmorland]]