Binsey
5 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP, 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
- 446.7 m · 1,466 ft
- Prominence
- 241.9 m
- Grid reference
- NY 22513 35528
- Coordinates
- 54.70880, -3.20417
- County / area
- Cumberland
- Region
- Lake District N
- OS Landranger
- 89 90
- OS Explorer
- OL4N
- Summit feature
- trig point
- Key col
- NY 2517 3322 (204.8 m)
About Binsey
Binsey sits on the northern rim of the Lake District, separated from the rest of the Lakeland hills. That detachment is the point: from 447 metres it looks back at the Northern and North Western Fells, out over the coastal plain and across the Solway Firth into Scotland, with Snaefell on the Isle of Man visible when the air is clear.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Binsey, Cumbria (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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 54.709, -3.204. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
ground by windshelter 7m W at NY 22507 35528 is 10cm lower although loose rocks are higher; cairn 14m E at NY 22529 35525 is 30cm lower.
The recorded summit point is trig point. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 03-Jun-24
- Drop measured from
- NY 2517 3322 · 204.8 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.
The Binsey group
3 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Binsey as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Caermote Hill | 289 m | 59 m |
| St. John's Hill | 285 m | 7 m |
| Clints Crags (Wainwright summit) | 245 m | 10 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Caermote Hill | 289 m | 3.3 km |
| St. John's Hill | 285 m | 3.6 km |
| Longlands Fell | 483 m | 5.1 km |
| Great Cockup | 526 m | 5.3 km |
| Meal Fell | 549.4 m | 6 km |
| Bakestall | 673.5 m | 6.3 km |