Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Rannerdale Knotts

355 m

1,165 ftDrop 69 mNY 167 182

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRannerdale Knotts355Whiteless Pike660Mellbreak511.1Grasmoor851.6Wandope773.9
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRannerdale Knotts355Whiteless Pike660Mellbreak511.1
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Rannerdale Knotts is a Lake District fell of 355 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Grasmoor at 851.6 m.

It sits below Whiteless Pike, only 1.5 km to the north-east and 305 m higher. Its key col leads to Grasmoor, not to its nearest higher summit, Lad Hows. Only four of the 242 hills profiled in England are lower. Its nearest higher summit, Lad Hows (426 m, 1.1 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 280.3 m below the average height of the 114 register hills in Cumberland.

To scale

Summit355 mKey col286 msea level
Key col NY 176 178, 1.0 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

355 m238th highest of 242 in England

Drop

69 m1019th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.1 km1023rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Whiteless Pike1.5 km north-east
    660 m
  2. 2
    Mellbreak1.9 km west
    511.1 m
  3. 3
    Grasmoor2.2 km north
    851.6 m
  4. 4
    Wandope2.6 km north-east
    773.9 m
1234MellbreakGrasmoorWandopeN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Lad Hows, 426 m, 1.1 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Grasmoor
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2502
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Rannerdale Knotts

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