Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Rossett Pike

651 m

2,136 ftDrop 42 mNY 249 075

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRossett Pike651Bowfell902.9Esk Pike885Allen Crags785Great End909.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRossett Pike651Bowfell902.9Esk Pike885
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Rossett Pike is a Lake District fell of 651 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Great End at 909.5 m.

It sits below Bowfell, only 1.2 km to the south and 251.9 m higher. Its key col leads to Scafell Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Bowfell North Top. It shares its height of 651 m with Great Sca Fell. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Great Sca Fell (651 m) and Fleetwith Pike (648.9 m). Its nearest higher summit, Bowfell North Top (866 m, 0.7 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. Its drop of 42 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 west at 609 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit651 mKey col609 msea level
Key col NY 246 075, 0.3 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

651 m134th highest of 242 in England

Drop

42 m1057th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.7 km1099th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Bowfell1.2 km south
    902.9 m
  2. 2
    Esk Pike1.3 km west
    885 m
  3. 3
    Allen Crags1.6 km north-west
    785 m
  4. 4
    Great End2.4 km west
    909.5 m
1234BowfellEsk PikeAllen CragsN1 km

Lists

  • 115th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 232nd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 168th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Bowfell North Top, 866 m, 0.7 km south-west
Parent Marilyn
Scafell Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Rock 10m W of cairn
DoBIH no.
2437
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Rossett Pike

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