Blake Fell
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
- 572.6 m · 1,879 ft
- Prominence
- 163.1 m
- Grid reference
- NY 11051 19685
- Coordinates
- 54.56456, -3.37720
- County / area
- Cumberland
- Region
- Lake District C&W
- OS Landranger
- 89
- OS Explorer
- OL4S 303
- Summit feature
- no feature 3m E of shelter
- Key col
- NY 1209 1717 (409.5 m)
About Blake Fell
Blake Fell is the high point of the Loweswater Fells in the western Lake District, a group of low grassy hills with steep flanks above the lake of Loweswater. Because that group stands as a separate geographical unit, Blake Fell qualifies as a Marilyn.
It lies in the parish of Lamplugh and can be reached from the village of Loweswater, or from Cogra Moss reservoir on the western side.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Blake Fell (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 54.565, -3.377. 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
The recorded summit point is no feature 3m E of shelter. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 03-Jun-24
- Drop measured from
- NY 1209 1717 · 409.5 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 Blake Fell group
3 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Blake Fell as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Gavel Fell | 524 m | 74 m |
| Hen Comb | 506 m | 139 m |
| Burnbank Fell | 475 m | 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gavel Fell | 524.3 m | 1.3 km |
| Burnbank Fell | 475 m | 1.3 km |
| Hen Comb | 506.2 m | 2.7 km |
| Great Borne | 616 m | 3.6 km |
| Mellbreak | 511.1 m | 3.9 km |
| Low Fell | 422.5 m | 4 km |