Horse Head Moor
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
- 609.3 m · 1,999 ft
- Prominence
- 31.4 m
- Grid reference
- SD 89432 76979
- Coordinates
- 54.18847, -2.16345
- County / area
- North Yorkshire
- Region
- Central Pennines
- OS Landranger
- 98
- OS Explorer
- OL30S
- Summit feature
- no feature
- Key col
- SD 8996 7673 (578 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 54.188, -2.163. 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).
Finding the summit
6cm higher than small cairn 30m S at SD89440 76946 and 35cm higher than large cairn 160m SSW at SD 89383 76831.
The recorded summit point is no feature. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica NA730/Leica 530
- Record revised
- 05-Jan-20
- Drop measured from
- SD 8996 7673 · 578 m
Classification history: replaced 2799 Birks Fell as Marilyn 1996-2006.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queens Arms | Pub/bar/nightclub | 4 out of 5 | 3.2 km · SE |
| The Racehorses Hotel | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 8.7 km · SE |
| Bluebell Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 4 out of 5 | 8.8 km · SE |
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
Horse Head Moor is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Birks Fell (610 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 578 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Birks Fell | 610.4 m | 2.5 km |
| Blaydike Moss | 510 m | 4.2 km |
| Darnbrook Fell | 624 m | 4.3 km |
| Yockenthwaite Moor | 643 m | 4.4 km |
| Plover Hill | 679.9 m | 4.8 km |
| High Green Field Knott | 603.2 m | 5 km |