Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Binsey

446.7 m

1,466 ftDrop 241.9 mNY 225 355

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBinsey446.7Longlands Fell483Great Cockup526Meal Fell549.4Bakestall673.5
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBinsey446.7Longlands Fell483Great Cockup526
Looking north, 1815 km wide, heights ×511 (method).

Binsey is a Lake District fell of 446.7 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Bakestall at 673.5 m.

It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the east, so it stands at the western edge of its group. The summit is marked by a trig point. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit446.7 mKey col204.8 mdrop 241.9 msea level
Key col NY 2517 3322, 3.5 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

446.7 m220th highest of 242 in England

Drop

241.9 m561st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.1 km324th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Longlands Fell5.1 km east
    483 m
  2. 2
    Great Cockup5.3 km south-east
    526 m
  3. 3
    Meal Fell6.0 km east
    549.4 m
  4. 4
    Bakestall6.3 km south-east
    673.5 m
1234Longlands FellGreat CockupBakestallN2 km

Lists

  • 192nd highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 880th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Longlands Fell, 483 m, 5.1 km east
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
2351
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Binsey

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