{{short description|Valley in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[Image:Boredale from Hallin Fell.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Seen from [[Hallin Fell]] with [[Place Fell]] on the right and [[Beda Fell]] on the left.]]
'''Boredale''' sometimes known as '''Boardale''', is a valley within [[Lake District]] National Park, in [[Cumbria]], England. The valley is close to the eastern shore of [[Ullswater]] and lies between the hills of [[Place Fell]] to the west and [[Beda Fell]] to the east.
Boredale runs in a northerly direction for a distance of 4.5 km from its head at [[Boredale Hause]] to its convergence with the valley of [[Martindale, Cumbria|Martindale]]. It is a thinly populated valley with the structures of Garth Heads, Howsteadbrow, Nettleslack and Boredale Head being the only inhabited buildings in the valley. The traditional stone and slate Nettleslack cottage dates from 1756, it was modernised in 1997 and is now rented out as holiday accommodation.<ref name="nettleslack">[http://www.internet-cottages.com/PHP_folder/show-property.php?id=401284 Internet Cottages.com.] Gives details of Nettleslack.</ref> There is a narrow [[Tarmacadam|tarmac]] road which runs up the valley for 2.5 km until it reaches the farm of Boredale Head, from here the road becomes a [[Bridle path|bridleway]] which climbs up on to the [[fell]]s and reaches Boredale Hause at a height of 399 metres. Footpaths also leave the valley at the farm buildings of Garths Head and climb the hillsides to reach the summits of Place Fell and Beda Fell.
The name of the valley means “valley with the herdman's hut or storehouse”, the linguistic source of this uncertain, coming either from the [[Old Norse]] word ''bur'' or the [[Old English]] word ''bir''. In the year 1250 the valley was known as Burdal.<ref name="ukonline">[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sw.rae/ ukonline.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504230129/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sw.rae/ |date=2008-05-04 }} Gives details of name.</ref> Renowned Lake District writers [[William Wordsworth]] and [[Alfred Wainwright]] both used the incorrect spelling and usage of “Boardale” believing that it referred to [[pig]]s.<ref name="markrichards">[http://www.markrichards.info/walk-free/park-and-stride_1/park-and-stride-11-20/20-place-fell.html www.markrichards.info.] Gives details of name.</ref> Wainwright in his book ''“In The Valleys Of Lakeland”'' refers to Boredale as “unexciting but heaven is glimpsed on the approach and exit”.<ref name="wainwright">''"Wainwright In The Valleys Of Lakeland"'', Alfred Wainwright, {{ISBN|0-7181-3481-8}}, Page 68, Gives this quote.</ref> The valley is drained by Boredale Beck which rises on the slopes of [[Angletarn Pikes]] at height of 500 metres and flows northerly for five km to its confluence with Howegrain Beck, the main water course of the [[Martindale, Cumbria|Martindale]] valley.
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[[Category:Valleys of Cumbria]]