Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Burnbank Fell

475 m

1,558 ftDrop 22 mNY 110 209

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBurnbank Fell475Blake Fell572.6Gavel Fell524.3Low Fell422.5Hen Comb506.2
sea level1 kmBurnbank Fell475Blake Fell572.6Gavel Fell524.3
Looking north, 107 km wide, heights ×37 (method).

Burnbank Fell is a Lake District fell of 475 m in Cumberland. It rises only 22 m above its key col, 4.6% of its height.

Its key col leads to Blake Fell, not to its nearest higher summit, Sharp Knott. It shares its height of 475 m with Armboth Fell. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Armboth Fell (475 m) and Lingmoor Fell (469.9 m). Its nearest higher summit, Sharp Knott (482 m, 0.9 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south-east at 453 m. The highest point is recorded as metal post at fence corner, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit475 mKey col453 msea level
Key col NY 1111 2065, 0.3 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

475 m210th highest of 242 in England

Drop

22 m1096th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.9 km1069th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Blake Fell1.3 km south
    572.6 m
  2. 2
    Gavel Fell2.5 km south
    524.3 m
  3. 3
    Low Fell3.2 km north-east
    422.5 m
  4. 4
    Hen Comb3.6 km south-east
    506.2 m
1234Blake FellGavel FellLow FellHen CombN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Sharp Knott, 482 m, 0.9 km south
Parent Marilyn
Blake Fell
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Metal post at fence corner
DoBIH no.
2484
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Burnbank Fell

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