England · Northumberland National Park

Comb Fell

One classification here — Simm — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
652.8 m · 2,142 ft
Grid reference
NT 92414 18732
Coordinates
55.46240, -2.12152
County / area
Northumberland
OS Landranger
80
OS Explorer
OL16E
Summit feature
thick fence post at bend in fence
Key col
NT909187 (583 m)

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 55.462, -2.122. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (653 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground to 35m W at NT 92378 18735 is as high.

The recorded summit point is thick fence post at bend in fence. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica Disto D510/Leica RX1250
Record revised
08-Dec-14
Drop measured from
NT909187 · 583 m

Classification history: Bridge summit 470m W at NT 91885 18752.

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

2 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Comb Fell
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Ingram CafeRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 59.5 km · E
Barrowburn Tea RoomRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen4 out of 59.8 km · SW

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Comb Fell is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to The Cheviot (816 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 583 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
Hedgehope Hill714.4 m2.2 km
The Cheviot816 m2.4 km
Cairn Hill West Top743 m2.9 km
Lint Lands510.4 m3.2 km
Shill Moor528.8 m3.9 km
Dunmoor Hill569 m4.3 km