Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Great Mell Fell

536.6 m

1,760 ftDrop 200.7 mNY 396 253

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGreat Mell Fell536.6Little Mell Fell505.1Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)481.2Souther Fell522Hallin Fell388
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Mell Fell536.6Little Mell Fell505.1Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)481.2
Looking north, 1910 km wide, heights ×68 (method).

Great Mell Fell is a Lake District fell of 536.6 m in Westmorland and Furness. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Souther Fell, reaches 522 m.

It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. Its nearest higher summit, Matterdale Common (541 m, 4.5 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit536.6 mKey col335.9 msea level
Key col NY 3926 2466, 0.7 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

536.6 m184th highest of 242 in England

Drop

200.7 m676th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.5 km378th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Little Mell Fell3.0 km south-east
    505.1 m
  2. 2481.2 m
  3. 3
    Souther Fell5.6 km north-west
    522 m
  4. 4
    Hallin Fell6.6 km south-east
    388 m
1234Little Mell FellGowbarrow FellSouther FellHallin FellN2 km

Lists

  • 156th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 876th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Matterdale Common, 541 m, 4.5 km south-west
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2583
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Great Mell Fell

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