Buckden Pike
3 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 701.6 m · 2,302 ft
- Prominence
- 208.6 m
- Grid reference
- SD 96061 78787
- Coordinates
- 54.20482, -2.06189
- County / area
- North Yorkshire
- Region
- Central Pennines
- OS Landranger
- 98
- OS Explorer
- OL30S
- Summit feature
- tall cairn
- Key col
- SD 9897 7577 (493 m)
About Buckden Pike
Buckden Pike stands above the village of Buckden at the head of Wharfedale. At 702 metres it comes within a couple of metres of being the highest ground in the area, a title held instead by nearby Great Whernside at 704 metres.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Buckden Pike (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 54.205, -2.062. 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 trig point 20m ENE at SD 96079 78791 is 0.2m lower.
The recorded summit point is tall cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Record revised
- 03-Jun-24
- Drop measured from
- SD 9897 7577 · 493 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.
Long-distance paths past this hill
One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Anne's Way | 155 km | 1.6 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Birks Fell | 610.4 m | 4.8 km |
| Yockenthwaite Moor | 643 m | 5.6 km |
| Great Whernside | 704 m | 6.4 km |
| Darnbrook Fell | 624 m | 9.7 km |
| Plover Hill | 679.9 m | 11.7 km |
| Drumaldrace | 614 m | 11.7 km |