Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Bonscale Pike

524 m

1,719 ftDrop 1 mNY 453 200

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBonscale Pike524Arthur's Pike533Hallin Fell388Loadpot Hill672Steel Knotts432
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBonscale Pike524Arthur's Pike533Hallin Fell388
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Bonscale Pike is a Lake District fell of 524 m in Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 1 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

No Wainwright has less drop. Its key col leads to High Street, not to its nearest higher summit, Swarth Fell (Ullswater). On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Gavel Fell (524.3 m) and Crag Fell (523 m). Its nearest higher summit, Swarth Fell (Ullswater) (545 m, 0.5 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south at 523 m.

To scale

Summit524 mKey col523 msea level
Key col NY 453 197, 0.3 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

524 m188th highest of 242 in England

Drop

1 m1139th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.5 km1119th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Arthur's Pike0.9 km north-east
    533 m
  2. 2
    Hallin Fell2.1 km west
    388 m
  3. 3
    Loadpot Hill2.1 km south
    672 m
  4. 4
    Steel Knotts2.4 km south-west
    432 m
1234Arthur's PikeHallin FellLoadpot HillSteel KnottsN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Swarth Fell (Ullswater), 545 m, 0.5 km south
Parent Marilyn
High Street
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Small cairn
DoBIH no.
2588
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Bonscale Pike

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