Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Slight Side

762 m

2,500 ftDrop 14 mNY 209 050

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSlight Side762Scafell963.9Scafell Pike978.1Lingmell807Hard Knott549.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSlight Side762Scafell963.9Scafell Pike978.1
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Slight Side is a Lake District fell of 762 m in Cumberland. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 14 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

It sits below Scafell, only 1.5 km to the north and 201.9 m higher. Its key col leads to Scafell Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Scafell. The key col is close by, only 0.1 km to the north at 748 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit762 mKey col748 msea level
Key col NY 209 051, 0.1 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

762 m62nd highest of 242 in England

Drop

14 m1111th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.5 km926th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Scafell1.5 km north
    963.9 m
  2. 2
    Scafell Pike2.3 km north
    978.1 m
  3. 3
    Lingmell3.2 km north
    807 m
  4. 4
    Hard Knott3.4 km south-east
    549.6 m
1234ScafellScafell PikeLingmellHard KnottN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Scafell, 963.9 m, 1.5 km north
Parent Marilyn
Scafell Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Small cairn on rocky tor
DoBIH no.
2397
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Slight Side

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