Summit Register

Hewitt · North Yorkshire, England

Great Whernside

704 m

2,310 ftDrop 288 mSE 002 739

Finder: 9 Hewitts in North Yorkshire

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGreat Whernside704Buckden Pike701.6Birks Fell610.4Fountains Fell667.8Pen-y-ghent694.1
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGreat Whernside704Buckden Pike701.6Birks Fell610.4
Looking north, 4724 km wide, heights ×1719 (method).

Great Whernside is a Hewitt of 704 m in North Yorkshire. The key col lies 23.2 km away to the north-west, at 416.4 m.

It is the most isolated register hill in North Yorkshire: higher ground is 26.0 km away. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Buckden Pike, reaches 701.6 m. Of the register hills in North Yorkshire, only Ingleborough and Great Shunner Fell stand higher. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the west, so it stands at the eastern edge of its group. The database describes the top as a very large cairn.

To scale

Summit704 mKey col416.4 msea level
Key col SD 7894 8319, 23.2 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

704 m95th highest of 242 in England

Drop

288 m455th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

26.0 km50th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Buckden Pike6.4 km north-west
    701.6 m
  2. 2
    Birks Fell8.7 km west
    610.4 m
  3. 3
    Fountains Fell13.9 km west
    667.8 m
  4. 4
    Pen-y-ghent16.3 km west
    694.1 m
1234Buckden PikeBirks FellFountains FellN5 km

Lists

  • 153rd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 121st highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 623rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Ingleborough, 723.3 m, 26.0 km west
Region
35B: Central Pennines
OS map
98
Summit
Very large cairn
DoBIH no.
2781
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Great Whernside

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The most isolated hills in Britain and Ireland