Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Carl Side

746.8 m

2,450 ftDrop 28.3 mNY 254 280

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCarl Side746.8Long Side734Skiddaw930.4Skiddaw Little Man865Ullock Pike690.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCarl Side746.8Long Side734Skiddaw930.4
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Carl Side is a Lake District fell of 746.8 m in Cumberland. It rises only 28.3 m above its key col, 3.8% of its height.

Its key col leads to Skiddaw, not to its nearest higher summit, Skiddaw South Top. Its nearest higher summit, Skiddaw South Top (925.5 m, 0.8 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the north-east at 718.6 m. The highest point is recorded as loose pile of rocks, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit746.8 mKey col718.6 msea level
Key col NY 2558 2826, 0.3 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

746.8 m69th highest of 242 in England

Drop

28.3 m1088th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.8 km1086th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Long Side0.7 km north-west
    734 m
  2. 2
    Skiddaw1.1 km north-east
    930.4 m
  3. 3
    Skiddaw Little Man1.2 km east
    865 m
  4. 4
    Ullock Pike1.2 km north-west
    690.4 m
1234Long SideSkiddawUllock PikeN1 km

Lists

  • 64th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 89th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Skiddaw South Top, 925.5 m, 0.8 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Skiddaw
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Loose pile of rocks
DoBIH no.
2325
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carl Side

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