Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Rosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot

551 m

1,808 ftDrop 44 mNY 258 124

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot551Eagle Crag522.8Sergeant's Crag571Glaramara782.7Great Crag (Stonethwaite)449
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot551Eagle Crag522.8Sergeant's Crag571
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Rosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot is a Lake District fell of 551 m in Cumberland. Its key col leads to Scafell Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Rosthwaite Fell.

Its nearest higher summit, Rosthwaite Fell (612 m, 0.7 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south at 507 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit551 mKey col507 msea level
Key col NY 257 121, 0.3 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

551 m176th highest of 242 in England

Drop

44 m1052nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.7 km1099th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Eagle Crag1.7 km east
    522.8 m
  2. 2
    Sergeant's Crag1.9 km south-east
    571 m
  3. 3
    Glaramara2.4 km south-west
    782.7 m
  4. 4
    Great Crag (Stonethwaite)2.5 km north-east
    449 m
1234Eagle CragSergeant's CragGlaramaraGreat CragN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Rosthwaite Fell, 612 m, 0.7 km south
Parent Marilyn
Scafell Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2467
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot

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