Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Whiteside

707 m

Whiteside West Top

2,320 ftDrop 17 mNY 170 219

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWhiteside707Hopegill Head769.6Grasmoor851.6Crag Hill839.2Wandope773.9
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWhiteside707Hopegill Head769.6Grasmoor851.6
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Whiteside is a Lake District fell of 707 m in Cumberland. It rises only 17 m above its key col, 2.4% of its height.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Grasmoor at 851.6 m. Its key col leads to Grisedale Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Whiteside East Top. It shares its height of 707 m with Yoke. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Pike of Stickle (708.4 m) and Yoke (707 m). Its nearest higher summit, Whiteside East Top (719.4 m, 0.5 km east), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.1 km to the north-east at 690 m. Its other name is Whiteside West Top. The highest point is recorded as a few stones, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit707 mKey col690 msea level
Key col NY 171 220, 0.1 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

707 m93rd highest of 242 in England

Drop

17 m1103rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.5 km1119th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Hopegill Head1.5 km east
    769.6 m
  2. 2
    Grasmoor1.7 km south
    851.6 m
  3. 3
    Crag Hill2.7 km south-east
    839.2 m
  4. 4
    Wandope2.8 km south-east
    773.9 m
1234Hopegill HeadGrasmoorCrag HillWandopeN1 km

Lists

  • 84th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 120th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Whiteside East Top, 719.4 m, 0.5 km east
Parent Marilyn
Grisedale Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
A few stones
DoBIH no.
2418
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Whiteside

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