Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Long Side

734 m

2,408 ftDrop 39 mNY 248 284

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLong Side734Ullock Pike690.4Carl Side746.8Dodd (Skiddaw)502Skiddaw930.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLong Side734Ullock Pike690.4Carl Side746.8
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Long Side is a Lake District fell of 734 m in Cumberland. It rises only 39 m above its key col, 5.3% of its height.

Its key col leads to Skiddaw, not to its nearest higher summit, Carl Side. It shares its height of 734 m with Craig Cwm Silyn, Rhobell Fawr and Fan Fawr. Ullock Pike stands only 0.5 km to the north-west. Its drop of 39 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the east at 695 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit734 mKey col695 msea level
Key col NY 251 283, 0.3 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

734 m77th highest of 242 in England

Drop

39 m1064th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.7 km1099th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Ullock Pike0.5 km north-west
    690.4 m
  2. 2
    Carl Side0.7 km south-east
    746.8 m
  3. 3
    Dodd (Skiddaw)1.2 km south
    502 m
  4. 4
    Skiddaw1.3 km north-east
    930.4 m
1234Ullock PikeCarl SideDoddSkiddawN1 km

Lists

  • 71st highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 125th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 95th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carl Side, 746.8 m, 0.7 km south-east
Parent Marilyn
Skiddaw
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2326
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Long Side

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