Catstye Cam
4 classifications here — Simm, 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
- 889.6 m · 2,919 ft
- Prominence
- 62.4 m
- Grid reference
- NY 34811 15822
- Coordinates
- 54.53347, -3.00894
- County / area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- Lake District E
- OS Landranger
- 90
- OS Explorer
- OL5S
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NY 3456 1557 (827.2 m)
About Catstye Cam
Catstye Cam is an outlier of Helvellyn among the Eastern Fells, reaching 890 metres. It is counted as a Wainwright and a Hewitt, but its position on Helvellyn's flank means it is usually met as part of a wider round of the range rather than on its own.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Catstye Cam (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 54.533, -3.009. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Which hill this one belongs to
Catstye Cam is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Helvellyn (950 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 827 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Helvellyn | 949.8 m | 0.9 km |
| Striding Edge | 862.9 m | 0.9 km |
| Helvellyn Lower Man | 924.5 m | 1.1 km |
| White Side | 863.2 m | 1.3 km |
| Birkhouse Moor | 717.6 m | 1.5 km |
| Nethermost Pike | 891.3 m | 1.7 km |