Pen-y-ghent

About Pen-y-ghent

Pen-y-ghent, also spelled Penyghent, is the lowest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks at 694 m, the others being Ingleborough and Whernside. It stands about 3 km east of Horton in Ribblesdale.

The fell is riddled with notable karst features. Hunt Pot lies on its flanks, with Hull Pot lower down, and the water sinking into the hill has cut an extensive cave system that resurges at Brants Gill head. In 2004 the body of Lamduan Armitage, known in press coverage as the Lady of the Hills, was found near the entrance to Sell Gill Hole.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Pen-y-ghent (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 54.156, -2.249. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Long-distance paths past this hill

2 waymarked long-distance routes run 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 Pen-y-ghent by train

One National Rail station sits 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 Pen-y-ghent group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Pen-y-ghent 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