Great Langdale is a valley running from the town of Ambleside to the highest peaks of the Lake District in the county of Cumbria, in the northwest of the England.

It is a popular place for hikers, attracted by the routes up to Scafell pike. It has spectacular views, in particular, Dungeon Ghyll Force waterfall, and the Pike of Stickle.

It is also known to archaeologists as the source of a particular type of neolithic hand axe, created on the slopes of Pike of Stickle, and traded all over prehistoric Britain and Europe.