What is the highest mountain in the Lake District and how high is it?
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England measuring 3,209ft (978m) high. The mountain is home to the highest standing water in England – Broad Crag Tarn, located at 2,700ft.
Are there any mountains in the Lake District?
The Lake District is famous for its mountains and fells, of which there are four over three thousand feet in height. There are many books published of walking and climbing, but the best known books are probably the seven ‘Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells’ by A Wainwright (1907-1991).
How long is the walk up Scafell Pike?
How long will it take? Whilst it is impossible to say with any accuracy how long it will take any particular group to climb Scafell Pike most reasonably fit regular hill walkers will take between two and three hours for the ascent from Wasdale Head and less for the descent.
Which is the highest mountain in the Lake District?
What are the Highest Mountains in the Lake District? We know that Scafell Pike is the Highest Summit in the Lake District, but what are the others? 1 Scafell Pike (978 metres) , Cumbria , Lake District – Southern Fells . 2 Scafell (964 metres) , Cumbria , Lake District – Southern Fells .
How tall are the hills in the Lake District?
The Wainwrights are the 214 hills described by Alfred Wainwright in his 7 volume Pictoral Guide to the Lake District fells. The list does not depend on height, merely on the premise that Wainwright deemed the hill worthy of a mention! The more we hear of nit-pickers who want to…
How tall are the highest mountains in England?
The more we hear of nit-pickers who want to… While Scafell Pike is the Highest Mountain in England at 978m, there are well over a 100 summits in England over 609m in height (or the historic measure of 2000feet) with at least 30m drop all around. Most of the English mountains can be found in the Lake District, but…
How many fell tops are in the Lake District?
Find out about the land ownership in the Lake District. There are at least 200 fell tops. The writer Alfred Wainwright wrote about 214. Check out the List of Wainwrights (opens in new window) Tarn comes from the Old Norse word for ‘pool’. It usually refers to a small mountain lake or pool.