Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Ling Fell

374 m

1,227 ftDrop 98 mNY 179 285

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level1 kmLing Fell374Sale Fell359Graystones450.4Broom Fell510.2Lord's Seat552
sea level1 kmLing Fell374Sale Fell359Graystones450.4
Looking north, 96 km wide, heights ×46 (method).

Ling Fell is a Lake District fell of 374 m in Cumberland. Its key col leads to Lord's Seat, not to its nearest higher summit, Widow Hause.

Only nine of the 242 hills profiled in England are lower. Its nearest higher summit, Widow Hause (404 m, 1.6 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 261.3 m below the average height of the 114 register hills in Cumberland. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit374 mKey col276 msea level
Key col NY 184 282, 0.6 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

374 m233rd highest of 242 in England

Drop

98 m973rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sale Fell1.8 km north-east
    359 m
  2. 2
    Graystones1.9 km south
    450.4 m
  3. 3
    Broom Fell2.1 km south-east
    510.2 m
  4. 4
    Lord's Seat3.1 km south-east
    552 m
1234Sale FellGraystonesBroom FellLord's SeatN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Widow Hause, 404 m, 1.6 km south
Parent Marilyn
Lord's Seat
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
DoBIH no.
2501
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ling Fell

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