England · Lake District National Park

Blake Fell

WainwrightMarilynHuMPBirkettSyngeFellranger

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
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.

Listed summits in the Blake Fell prominence group
SummitHeightDrop
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

PeakHeightDistance
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