Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Gavel Fell

524.3 m

1,720 ftDrop 73.7 mNY 116 185

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGavel Fell524.3Blake Fell572.6Hen Comb506.2Great Borne616Burnbank Fell475
sea level1 kmGavel Fell524.3Blake Fell572.6Hen Comb506.2
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Gavel Fell is a Lake District fell of 524.3 m in Cumberland. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Great Cockup (526 m) and Bonscale Pike (524 m).

The key col is close by, only 0.5 km to the north at 450.7 m. Its nearest higher summit, Blake Fell, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit524.3 mKey col450.7 msea level
Key col NY 1152 1897, 0.5 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

524.3 m187th highest of 242 in England

Drop

73.7 m1006th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Blake Fell1.3 km north-west
    572.6 m
  2. 2
    Hen Comb1.6 km east
    506.2 m
  3. 3
    Great Borne2.3 km south
    616 m
  4. 4
    Burnbank Fell2.5 km north
    475 m
1234Blake FellHen CombGreat BorneBurnbank FellN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Blake Fell, 572.6 m, 1.3 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
Blake Fell
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
DoBIH no.
2474
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Gavel Fell

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