Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Holme Fell

315.7 m

1,036 ftDrop 165.4 mNY 315 006

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmHolme Fell315.7Black Fell323Wetherlam763Lingmoor Fell469.9Swirl How802.4
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHolme Fell315.7Black Fell323Wetherlam763
Looking north, 128 km wide, heights ×45 (method).

Holme Fell is a Lake District fell of 315.7 m in Westmorland and Furness. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Swirl How at 802.4 m.

It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. Only one of the 242 hills profiled in England is lower. It is the lowest of the 12 register hills in the Lake District S region, where The Old Man of Coniston is highest. Its nearest higher summit, Brackeny Crag (364 m, 1.4 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 335.3 m below the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness.

To scale

Summit315.7 mKey col150.3 mdrop 165.4 msea level
Key col NY 3279 0166, 1.7 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

315.7 m241st highest of 242 in England

Drop

165.4 m815th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.4 km959th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Black Fell2.7 km east
    323 m
  2. 2
    Wetherlam2.7 km west
    763 m
  3. 3
    Lingmoor Fell4.2 km north
    469.9 m
  4. 4
    Swirl How4.2 km west
    802.4 m
1234Black FellLingmoor FellSwirl HowN2 km

Lists

  • 213th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 885th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Brackeny Crag, 364 m, 1.4 km south-west
Region
34D: Lake District S
OS map
90
Summit
Rock 60m SSW of cairn
DoBIH no.
2673
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Holme Fell

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