Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Allen Crags

785 m

2,575 ftDrop 61 mNY 236 085

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmAllen Crags785Great End909.5Esk Pike885Rossett Pike651Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit)601.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmAllen Crags785Great End909.5Esk Pike885
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Allen Crags is a Lake District fell of 785 m in Cumberland. It sits below Great End, only 1.0 km to the west and 124.5 m higher.

Its key col leads to Scafell Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Great End. It shares its height of 785 m with Beinn na Caillich (Highland, NG795066), Beinn an Oir and Great Carrs. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Great Carrs (785 m) and Thornthwaite Crag (784 m). Its drop of 61 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south-west at 724 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit785 mKey col724 msea level
Key col NY 234 083, 0.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

785 m46th highest of 242 in England

Drop

61 m1029th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.0 km1047th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Great End1.0 km west
    909.5 m
  2. 2
    Esk Pike1.0 km south
    885 m
  3. 3
    Rossett Pike1.6 km south-east
    651 m
  4. 4601.1 m
1234Great EndEsk PikeRossett PikeSeathwaite FellN1 km

Lists

  • 43rd highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 77th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 61st highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Great End, 909.5 m, 1.0 km west
Parent Marilyn
Scafell Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2388
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Allen Crags

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures