Summit Register

Hewitt · Westmorland and Furness, England

Burnhope Seat

747.8 m

2,453 ftDrop 194 mNY 784 375

Finder: 49 Hewitts in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBurnhope Seat747.8Cross Fell893.1Mickle Fell790.2Cold Fell621Nine Standards Rigg661.9
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBurnhope Seat747.8Cross Fell893.1Mickle Fell790.2
Looking north, 9237 km wide, heights ×2522 (method).

Burnhope Seat is a Hewitt of 747.8 m in Westmorland and Furness. Its closest neighbour in this register, Cross Fell, is 10.2 km away.

It sits below Cross Fell, only 10.2 km to the west and 145.3 m higher. Its nearest higher summit, Meldon Hill (767 m, 8.6 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as grassy mound, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit747.8 mKey col554 msea level
Key col NY 752 350, 4.1 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

747.8 m68th highest of 242 in England

Drop

194 m697th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.6 km181st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Cross Fell10.2 km west
    893.1 m
  2. 2
    Mickle Fell13.2 km south
    790.2 m
  3. 3
    Cold Fell25.4 km north-west
    621 m
  4. 4
    Nine Standards Rigg31.7 km south
    661.9 m
1234Cross FellMickle FellCold FellN10 km

Lists

  • 111th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 87th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 514th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Meldon Hill, 767 m, 8.6 km south
Region
35A: North Pennines
OS map
91
Summit
Grassy mound
DoBIH no.
2714
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Burnhope Seat

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