Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

High Rigg

355.7 m

Naddle Fell

1,167 ftDrop 186.7 mNY 308 219

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHigh Rigg355.7Clough Head726Walla Crag379Raven Crag461Bleaberry Fell590
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHigh Rigg355.7Clough Head726Walla Crag379
Looking north, 109 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

High Rigg is a Lake District fell of 355.7 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Clough Head at 726 m.

It sits below Clough Head, only 2.6 km to the east and 370.3 m higher. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. Only five of the 242 hills profiled in England are lower. It is the lowest of the 72 register hills in the Lake District E region, where Helvellyn is highest. Its nearest higher summit, Pike (360.8 m, 2.2 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 279.6 m below the average height of the 114 register hills in Cumberland. Its other name is Naddle Fell.

To scale

Summit355.7 mKey col169 mdrop 186.7 msea level
Key col NY 3105 1988, 2.0 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

355.7 m237th highest of 242 in England

Drop

186.7 m730th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.2 km741st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Clough Head2.6 km east
    726 m
  2. 2
    Walla Crag3.2 km west
    379 m
  3. 3
    Raven Crag3.3 km south
    461 m
  4. 4
    Bleaberry Fell3.3 km south-west
    590 m
1234Clough HeadWalla CragRaven CragBleaberry FellN2 km

Lists

  • 209th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 883rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Pike, 360.8 m, 2.2 km west
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Rock 5m W of cairn
DoBIH no.
2627
Map of Britain and Ireland marking High Rigg

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