England · Lake District National Park

Grandsire

Height
251 m · 823 ft
Grid reference
SD 43216 97279
Coordinates
54.36786, -2.87551
County / area
Westmorland and Furness
OS Landranger
97
OS Explorer
OL7N
Summit feature
cairn on rocky outcrop
Key col
SD437971 (173 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 54.368, -2.876. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (251 m)…

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

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn on rocky outcrop. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
obvious summit
Record revised
25-Jan-24
Drop measured from
SD437971 · 173 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.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Dales Way129 kmover the top

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Reaching Grandsire by train

3 National Rail stations sit within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Windermere2.2 kmSE of the station
Staveley3.8 kmW of the station
Burneside7.2 kmW of the station

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

Get food nearby

3 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 Grandsire
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Windermere Golf ClubPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 51.7 km · SW
The Wild BoarRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51.9 km · S
Aramark @ ACC WindermereRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51.9 km · W

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

Grandsire is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to High Street (829 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 173 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
nameless (School Knott)247 m0.7 km
School Knott231.7 m0.7 km
Brant Fell191 m2.5 km
Orrest Head238 m2.7 km
Reston Scar255 m3.2 km
High Knott275 m3.6 km