Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Cat Bells

451 m

Catbells

1,480 ftDrop 87 mNY 244 198

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCat Bells451Maiden Moor575Barrow455Causey Pike637Walla Crag379
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCat Bells451Maiden Moor575Barrow455
Looking north, 107 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Cat Bells is a Lake District fell of 451 m in Cumberland. It sits below Maiden Moor, only 1.8 km to the south-west and 124 m higher.

Its key col leads to Dale Head, not to its nearest higher summit, Maiden Moor. Its other name is Catbells. The highest point is recorded as rock, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit451 mKey col364 msea level
Key col NY 244 191, 0.7 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

451 m216th highest of 242 in England

Drop

87 m988th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.8 km843rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Maiden Moor1.8 km south-west
    575 m
  2. 2
    Barrow2.6 km north-west
    455 m
  3. 3
    Causey Pike2.7 km west
    637 m
  4. 4
    Walla Crag3.6 km north-east
    379 m
1234Maiden MoorBarrowCausey PikeWalla CragN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Maiden Moor, 575 m, 1.8 km south-west
Parent Marilyn
Dale Head
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Rock
DoBIH no.
2490
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cat Bells

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