Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Steeple

819 m

2,687 ftDrop 21 mNY 157 116

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSteeple819Scoat Fell841Red Pike (Wasdale)826Pillar892.4Haycock797
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSteeple819Scoat Fell841Red Pike (Wasdale)826
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Steeple is a Lake District fell of 819 m in Cumberland. Higher ground is only 0.2 km away: Middle Scoat Fell (839.1 m) to the south.

It rises only 21 m above its key col, 2.6% of its height. Its key col leads to Pillar, not to its nearest higher summit, Middle Scoat Fell. Scoat Fell stands only 0.3 km to the south-east.

To scale

Summit819 mKey col798 msea level
Key col NY 157 116.

Where it stands

Height

819 m29th highest of 242 in England

Drop

21 m1098th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.2 km1136th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Scoat Fell0.3 km south-east
    841 m
  2. 2
    Red Pike (Wasdale)1.3 km south-east
    826 m
  3. 3
    Pillar1.4 km east
    892.4 m
  4. 4
    Haycock1.6 km south-west
    797 m
1234Scoat FellRed PikePillarHaycockN1 km

Lists

  • 28th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 42nd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Middle Scoat Fell, 839.1 m, 0.2 km south
Parent Marilyn
Pillar
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Rock 2m NE of cairn
DoBIH no.
2379
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Steeple

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