Mardale Ill Bell
3 classifications here — 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
- 760 m · 2,493 ft
- Prominence
- 13 m
- Grid reference
- NY 44762 10120
- Coordinates
- 54.48342, -2.85411
- County / area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- Lake District E
- OS Landranger
- 90
- OS Explorer
- OL5S OL7N
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NY444103 (747 m)
About Mardale Ill Bell
Mardale Ill Bell rises south-west of Haweswater Reservoir, on the watershed dividing Mardale from Kentmere. It is the high point of High Street's south-eastern ridge, roughly halfway along the run to Harter Fell.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Mardale Ill Bell (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 54.483, -2.854. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brotherswater Hotel | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 4.9 km · NW |
| Kirkstone Pass Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 2 out of 5 | 5.1 km · SW |
| Maggs Howe | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 6.2 km · S |
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
Mardale Ill Bell 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, 747 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 |
|---|---|---|
| High Street | 828.5 m | 1.2 km |
| Rough Crag (Riggindale) | 628 m | 1.3 km |
| Harter Fell (Mardale) | 779 m | 1.4 km |
| Thornthwaite Crag | 784 m | 1.6 km |
| Froswick | 720 m | 2 km |
| Kidsty Pike | 781 m | 2.5 km |