Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Lord's Seat

552 m

1,811 ftDrop 237.2 mNY 204 265

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLord's Seat552Broom Fell510.2Barf469Whinlatter517Graystones450.4
sea level1 kmLord's Seat552Broom Fell510.2Barf469
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Lord's Seat is a Lake District fell of 552 m in Cumberland. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Whinlatter, reaches 517 m.

It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. Its nearest higher summit, Hobcarton End (633.6 m, 3.2 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as outcrop 7m s of iron fencepost, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit552 mKey col314.8 mdrop 237.2 msea level
Key col NY 2060 2445, 2.1 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

552 m175th highest of 242 in England

Drop

237.2 m567th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.2 km537th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Broom Fell1.0 km north-west
    510.2 m
  2. 2
    Barf1.0 km east
    469 m
  3. 3
    Whinlatter1.9 km south-west
    517 m
  4. 4
    Graystones2.8 km west
    450.4 m
1234Broom FellBarfWhinlatterGraystonesN1 km

Lists

  • 147th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 874th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Hobcarton End, 633.6 m, 3.2 km south
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Outcrop 7m S of iron fencepost
DoBIH no.
2345
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Lord's Seat

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