Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Knott

710.1 m

2,330 ftDrop 242.2 mNY 296 329

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmKnott710.1Great Sca Fell651Meal Fell549.4Great Calva691Brae Fell585.4
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmKnott710.1Great Sca Fell651Meal Fell549.4
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Knott is a Lake District fell of 710.1 m in Cumberland. It counts towards four lists: Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and Marilyns.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Great Calva, reaches 691 m. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. Its nearest higher summit, Broad End (832 m, 4.7 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit710.1 mKey col467.9 msea level
Key col NY 2784 3037, 3.1 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

710.1 m90th highest of 242 in England

Drop

242.2 m558th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.7 km359th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Great Sca Fell1.0 km north-west
    651 m
  2. 2
    Meal Fell1.5 km north-west
    549.4 m
  3. 3
    Great Calva1.9 km south
    691 m
  4. 4
    Brae Fell2.3 km north
    585.4 m
1234Great Sca FellMeal FellGreat CalvaBrae FellN1 km

Lists

  • 82nd highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 147th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 115th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 607th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Broad End, 832 m, 4.7 km south-west
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2328
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Knott

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