Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Haycock

797 m

2,615 ftDrop 94 mNY 144 107

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHaycock797Caw Fell697Steeple819Scoat Fell841Red Pike (Wasdale)826
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHaycock797Caw Fell697Steeple819
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Haycock is a Lake District fell of 797 m in Cumberland. Its key col leads to Pillar, not to its nearest higher summit, Great Scoat Fell.

It shares its height of 797 m with Cairnsmore of Carsphairn. Its nearest higher summit, Great Scoat Fell (802 m, 1.1 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here. Its drop of 94 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. The key col is close by, only 0.4 km to the north-east at 703 m. The database describes the top as a large cairn on rock on s side of wall.

To scale

Summit797 mKey col703 msea level
Key col NY 148 109, 0.4 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

797 m39th highest of 242 in England

Drop

94 m976th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.1 km1023rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Caw Fell1.3 km west
    697 m
  2. 2
    Steeple1.6 km north-east
    819 m
  3. 3
    Scoat Fell1.6 km north-east
    841 m
  4. 4
    Red Pike (Wasdale)2.0 km east
    826 m
1234Caw FellSteepleScoat FellRed PikeN1 km

Lists

  • 36th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 69th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 54th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Great Scoat Fell, 802 m, 1.1 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Pillar
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Large cairn on rock on S side of wall
DoBIH no.
2385
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Haycock

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