Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Mellbreak

511.1 m

Mellbreak South Top

1,677 ftDrop 259 mNY 148 186

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMellbreak511.1Hen Comb506.2Rannerdale Knotts355Starling Dodd633Grasmoor851.6
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMellbreak511.1Hen Comb506.2Rannerdale Knotts355
Looking north, 96 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Mellbreak is a Lake District fell of 511.1 m in Cumberland. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns.

Its nearest higher summit, Gale Fell (518 m, 2.7 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. Its other name is Mellbreak South Top. The highest point is recorded as flat rock, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit511.1 mKey col252.1 mdrop 259 msea level
Key col NY 1425 1737, 1.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

511.1 m196th highest of 242 in England

Drop

259 m513th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.7 km625th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Hen Comb1.7 km west
    506.2 m
  2. 2
    Rannerdale Knotts1.9 km east
    355 m
  3. 3
    Starling Dodd2.9 km south
    633 m
  4. 4
    Grasmoor3.2 km north-east
    851.6 m
1234Hen CombStarling DoddGrasmoorN2 km

Lists

  • 168th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 877th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Gale Fell, 518 m, 2.7 km south-west
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Flat rock
DoBIH no.
2479
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Mellbreak

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