Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Blencathra – Hallsfell Top

867.8 m

2,847 ftDrop 461 mNY 323 277

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBlencathra – Hallsfell Top867.8Bannerdale Crags684.1Mungrisdale Common631.8Bowscale Fell702Souther Fell522
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBlencathra – Hallsfell Top867.8Bannerdale Crags684.1Mungrisdale Common631.8
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Blencathra – Hallsfell Top is a Lake District fell of 867.8 m in Westmorland and Furness. Its drop is the 5th greatest among the Wainwrights, behind Scafell Pike at the top.

It counts towards four lists: Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and Marilyns. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Bowscale Fell, reaches 702 m. It stands 183.7 m above its nearest neighbour, Bannerdale Crags, 1.8 km to the north-east. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. Its nearest higher summit, Skiddaw South Top (925.5 m, 6.3 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 216.8 m above the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit867.8 mKey col407 mdrop 461 msea level
Key col NY 296 287, 2.9 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

867.8 m15th highest of 242 in England

Drop

461 m226th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

6.3 km251st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Bannerdale Crags1.8 km north-east
    684.1 m
  2. 2
    Mungrisdale Common1.9 km north-west
    631.8 m
  3. 3
    Bowscale Fell3.0 km north
    702 m
  4. 4
    Souther Fell3.4 km north-east
    522 m
1234Bannerdale CragsBowscale FellSouther FellN2 km

Lists

  • 14th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 30th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 26th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 290th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Skiddaw South Top, 925.5 m, 6.3 km west
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
90
Summit
Rock 1m N of trig point
DoBIH no.
2320
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Blencathra - Hallsfell Top

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