Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Grike

488 m

1,601 ftDrop 37 mNY 084 140

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGrike488Crag Fell523Lank Rigg541Great Borne616Gavel Fell524.3
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGrike488Crag Fell523Lank Rigg541
Looking north, 166 km wide, heights ×55 (method).

Grike is a Lake District fell of 488 m in Cumberland. It rises only 37 m above its key col, 7.6% of its height.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Great Borne at 616 m. Its key col leads to Pillar, not to its nearest higher summit, Crag Fell. The highest point is recorded as large windshelter, not a cairn. The database describes the top as a large windshelter.

To scale

Summit488 mKey col451 msea level
Key col NY 092 140, 0.8 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

488 m205th highest of 242 in England

Drop

37 m1068th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Crag Fell1.3 km east
    523 m
  2. 2
    Lank Rigg2.2 km south
    541 m
  3. 3
    Great Borne4.5 km north-east
    616 m
  4. 4
    Gavel Fell5.4 km north-east
    524.3 m
1234Crag FellLank RiggGreat BorneGavel FellN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Crag Fell, 523 m, 1.3 km east
Parent Marilyn
Pillar
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Large windshelter
DoBIH no.
2482
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Grike

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