Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Fairfield

873.3 m

2,865 ftDrop 300.3 mNY 358 117

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmFairfield873.3Hart Crag823.1Great Rigg766.4Seat Sandal736.8Dollywaggon Pike858.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmFairfield873.3Hart Crag823.1Great Rigg766.4
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Fairfield is a Lake District fell of 873.3 m in Westmorland and Furness. It counts towards four lists: Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and Marilyns.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Dollywaggon Pike, reaches 858.5 m. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. Its nearest higher summit, High Crag (Grisedale) (883.5 m, 2.4 km north-west), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 222.3 m above the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness. The database describes the top as a embedded outcrop within cairn/shelter.

To scale

Summit873.3 mKey col573 msea level
Key col NY 3441 1207, 1.4 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

873.3 m14th highest of 242 in England

Drop

300.3 m436th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.4 km693rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Hart Crag1.1 km south-east
    823.1 m
  2. 2
    Great Rigg1.4 km south
    766.4 m
  3. 3
    Seat Sandal1.5 km west
    736.8 m
  4. 4
    Dollywaggon Pike1.8 km north-west
    858.5 m
1234Hart CragGreat RiggSeat SandalDollywaggon PikeN1 km

Lists

  • 13th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 28th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 24th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 284th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
High Crag (Grisedale), 883.5 m, 2.4 km north-west
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Embedded outcrop within cairn/shelter
DoBIH no.
2521
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Fairfield

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