Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Esk Pike

885 m

2,904 ftDrop 112 mNY 236 075

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmEsk Pike885Allen Crags785Rossett Pike651Great End909.5Bowfell902.9
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmEsk Pike885Allen Crags785Rossett Pike651
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Esk Pike is a Lake District fell of 885 m in Cumberland. Its key col leads to Scafell Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Blunt Top.

Its nearest higher summit, Blunt Top (901 m, 1.3 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. Its drop of 112 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. It is 249.7 m above the average height of the 114 register hills in Cumberland. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit885 mKey col773 msea level
Key col NY 240 071, 0.6 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

885 m12th highest of 242 in England

Drop

112 m952nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Allen Crags1.0 km north
    785 m
  2. 2
    Rossett Pike1.3 km east
    651 m
  3. 3
    Great End1.3 km north-west
    909.5 m
  4. 4
    Bowfell1.3 km south-east
    902.9 m
1234Allen CragsRossett PikeGreat EndBowfellN1 km

Lists

  • 11th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 26th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 22nd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Blunt Top, 901 m, 1.3 km west
Parent Marilyn
Scafell Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Rib of rock with small cairn
DoBIH no.
2369
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Esk Pike

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