England · Lake District National Park

Bell Crags · Long Moss] [Blea Tarn Fell

DeweyBirkettSyngeFellranger

3 classifications here — Birkett, Synge and Fellranger — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
559.1 m · 1,834 ft
Grid reference
NY 29829 14303
Coordinates
54.51916, -3.08556
County / area
Cumberland
OS Landranger
89 90
OS Explorer
OL4S
Summit feature
large boulder 85m N of cairn
Key col
NY 29689 14049 (526.7 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.

General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 54.519, -3.086. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (559 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn is at NY 29828 14220 and 1.28m lower than boulder.

The recorded summit point is large boulder 85m N of cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica NA730/Leica 530
Record revised
28-Mar-10
Drop measured from
NY 29689 14049 · 526.7 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Bell Crags
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Caffle House Tea RoomsRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53 km · NW
Hazel Bank HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 54 km · W
The Royal Oak Hotel (Rostwaite)Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 54 km · W

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Bell Crags is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to High Raise (763 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 527 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Low Saddle656.1 m1.4 km
Armboth Fell475 m1.5 km
Ullscarf723 m2.2 km
High Tove515 m2.4 km
Great Crag (Stonethwaite)449 m2.8 km
Eagle Crag522.8 m3.2 km