Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Grey Friar

773 m

2,536 ftDrop 78 mNY 260 003

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGrey Friar773Great Carrs785Swirl How802.4Brim Fell795.9Dow Crag778
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGrey Friar773Great Carrs785Swirl How802.4
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Grey Friar is a Lake District fell of 773 m in Westmorland and Furness. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Swirl How at 802.4 m.

Its key col leads to The Old Man of Coniston, not to its nearest higher summit, Great Carrs. It shares its height of 773 m with Sail and Barrclashcame. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Sail (773 m) and Hopegill Head (769.6 m). Its drop of 78 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit773 mKey col695 msea level
Key col NY 265 006, 0.6 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

773 m55th highest of 242 in England

Drop

78 m997th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.2 km1003rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Great Carrs1.2 km north-east
    785 m
  2. 2
    Swirl How1.3 km east
    802.4 m
  3. 3
    Brim Fell2.1 km south-east
    795.9 m
  4. 4
    Dow Crag2.6 km south
    778 m
1234Great CarrsSwirl HowBrim FellDow CragN1 km

Lists

  • 52nd highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 88th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 72nd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Great Carrs, 785 m, 1.2 km north-east
Region
34D: Lake District S
OS map
89, 90
Summit
SE cairn
DoBIH no.
2639
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Grey Friar

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