Bakestall is a Lake District fell of 673.5 m in Cumberland. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 10.6 m above the col joining it to higher ground.
It sits below Skiddaw, only 1.8 km to the south and 256.9 m higher. Its key col leads to Skiddaw, not to its nearest higher summit, Broad End. Its nearest higher summit, Broad End (832 m, 1.0 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.2 km to the south at 663 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.
