Blencathra
Book Five · The Northern Fells
Summit: Hallsfell Top
868 m2,848 ft
14thhighest of the 214
NY323277OS grid reference
Blencathra stands 868 m (2,848 ft) high, which makes it the 14th highest of the 214 Wainwrights and the 2nd highest of the 24 fells in Book Five, The Northern Fells. Its summit is at grid reference NY323277.
Blencathra The Northern Fells
Nearest Wainwrights
Straight-line distances between summits - not routes.
- Bannerdale Crags 1.8 km north-east 683 m
- Mungrisdale Common 2.0 km north-west 633 m
- Bowscale Fell 3.0 km north 702 m
- Souther Fell 3.4 km north-east 522 m
- Lonscale Fell 3.8 km west 715 m
More in The Northern Fells
- Skiddaw 931 m
- Skiddaw Little Man 865 m
- Carl Side 746 m
- Long Side 734 m
- Lonscale Fell 715 m
- Knott 710 m
- Bowscale Fell 702 m
- Great Calva 690 m
- Ullock Pike 690 m
- Bannerdale Crags 683 m
- Bakestall 673 m
- Carrock Fell 663 m
- High Pike (Caldbeck) 658 m
- Great Sca Fell 651 m
- Mungrisdale Common 633 m
- Brae Fell 586 m
- Meal Fell 550 m
- Great Cockup 526 m
- Souther Fell 522 m
- Dodd 502 m
- Longlands Fell 483 m
- Binsey 447 m
- Latrigg 368 m
Read about Blencathra on Wikipedia
Heights and grid references are the ones 214 uses, from publicly available survey data; some differ slightly from the figures in the original guides. 214 is not a route planner: plan any walk with an up-to-date Ordnance Survey map, and check the mountain forecast before you go.
