Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Wetherlam

763 m

2,503 ftDrop 146 mNY 288 011

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWetherlam763Swirl How802.4Great Carrs785Holme Fell315.7Grey Friar773
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWetherlam763Swirl How802.4Great Carrs785
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Wetherlam is a Lake District fell of 763 m in Westmorland and Furness. Its key col leads to The Old Man of Coniston, not to its nearest higher summit, Swirl How.

It shares its height of 763 m with Little Wyvis. Its drop of 146 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit763 mKey col617 msea level
Key col NY 278 007, 1.1 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

763 m60th highest of 242 in England

Drop

146 m893rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Swirl How1.6 km west
    802.4 m
  2. 2
    Great Carrs1.7 km west
    785 m
  3. 3
    Holme Fell2.7 km east
    315.7 m
  4. 4
    Grey Friar2.9 km west
    773 m
1234Swirl HowGreat CarrsHolme FellGrey FriarN1 km

Lists

  • 56th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 100th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 78th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Swirl How, 802.4 m, 1.6 km west
Region
34D: Lake District S
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2640
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Wetherlam

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