Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Harter Fell (Mardale)

779 m

2,556 ftDrop 149.2 mNY 459 093

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHarter Fell (Mardale)779Mardale Ill Bell761.2Kentmere Pike730.5Branstree711.5High Street828.5
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHarter Fell (Mardale)779Mardale Ill Bell761.2Kentmere Pike730.5
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Harter Fell (Mardale) is a Lake District fell of 779 m in Westmorland and Furness. It shares its height of 779 m with Sgurr Mhic Bharraich.

On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Kidsty Pike (781 m) and Red Screes (778.8 m). Its drop of 149.2 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. Its nearest higher summit, High Street, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit779 mKey col629.8 msea level
Key col NY 45235 09592, 0.7 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

779 m51st highest of 242 in England

Drop

149.2 m887th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.6 km649th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Mardale Ill Bell1.4 km north-west
    761.2 m
  2. 2
    Kentmere Pike1.6 km south
    730.5 m
  3. 3
    Branstree1.9 km east
    711.5 m
  4. 4
    High Street2.6 km north-west
    828.5 m
1234Kentmere PikeBranstreeHigh StreetN1 km

Lists

  • 47th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 84th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 67th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
High Street, 828.5 m, 2.6 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
High Street
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2537
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Harter Fell (Mardale)

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