Grisedale Pike
7 classifications here — Trail 100, Marilyn, HuMP, 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
- 790.3 m · 2,593 ft
- Prominence
- 191 m
- Grid reference
- NY 19841 22547
- Coordinates
- 54.59175, -3.24207
- County / area
- Cumberland
- Region
- Lake District C&W
- OS Landranger
- 89 90
- OS Explorer
- OL4S
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NY 1886 2126 (599.4 m)
About Grisedale Pike
Grisedale Pike lies about 7 km west of Keswick in the north-western sector of the national park. At 791 m it is the 40th-highest Wainwright, and also counts as a Hewitt, Marilyn and Nuttall.
Seen from the east, and especially from around Keswick, it presents a striking pointed outline. It has two subsidiary summits, one of them unnamed and the other Hobcarton End.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Grisedale 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 54.592, -3.242. 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).
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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotgate Tea Room and Shop | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 3.7 km · E |
| The Flight Park | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 4 km · NE |
| Sykefarm Tearoom and Gifts Ltd (Braithwaite) | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 5 out of 5 | 4.1 km · NE |
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 Grisedale Pike group
6 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Grisedale Pike as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Hopegill Head | 770 m | 97 m |
| Sand Hill | 756 m | 18 m |
| Hobcarton Crag | 738 m | 36 m |
| Whiteside East Top | 719 m | 39 m |
| Whiteside | 707 m | 17 m |
| Ladyside Pike | 704 m | 29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hobcarton Crag | 737.6 m | 0.7 km |
| Hopegill Head | 769.6 m | 1.3 km |
| Sand Hill | 756 m | 1.3 km |
| Ladyside Pike | 703.5 m | 1.4 km |
| Outerside | 568 m | 1.7 km |
| Scar Crags | 672 m | 2.1 km |