Great Knoutberry Hill

About Great Knoutberry Hill

Great Knoutberry Hill, often called Widdale Fell, sits near Dent at the heads of Ribblesdale, Dentdale and Wensleydale. It is a meeting point of boundaries: the old West Riding and North Riding of Yorkshire converge at the summit, and the modern Cumbria–North Yorkshire line also crosses the fell.

At 2,205 feet it is the 16th-highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales, tied exactly with Rogan's Seat. The hill is visible from the long road section of the Dales Way between Ribblesdale and Dent Head, and a common approach leaves that path at Stonehouse Farm to follow the Arten Gill path up Dent Fell towards Widdale. Views centre on the Yorkshire Three Peaks, with Wild Boar Fell and the Lakeland fells to the north.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Great Knoutberry Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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 54.280, -2.326. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is ground within apex of fence and wall near wind shelter and trig point. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

21-Jul-24

Drop measured from

SD 9448 8044 · 419.5 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.

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

Reaching Great Knoutberry Hill by train

2 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.

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).

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.

The Great Knoutberry Hill group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Great Knoutberry Hill as the independent hill at its head.

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