Place Fell
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
- 657 m · 2,156 ft
- Prominence
- 261 m
- Grid reference
- NY 40535 16945
- Coordinates
- 54.54427, -2.92073
- County / area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- Lake District E
- OS Landranger
- 90
- OS Explorer
- OL5S
- Summit feature
- rock outcrop 4m SE of cairn
- Key col
- NY 4098 1569 (395.8 m)
About Place Fell
Place Fell occupies the angle between the upper and middle reaches of Ullswater, its steep western flanks dropping towards Glenridding and Patterdale.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Place Fell (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 54.544, -2.921. 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
outcrop is 0.3m higher than trig point 30m E (NY 40560 16950); cairn is Wainwright summit..
The recorded summit point is rock outcrop 4m SE of cairn. 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
- 03-Jun-24
- Drop measured from
- NY 4098 1569 · 395.8 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 | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Coast to Coast Walk | 303 km | 0.9 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Angletarn Pikes | 566 m | 2.3 km |
| Arnison Crag | 433 m | 2.3 km |
| Beda Fell | 509 m | 2.4 km |
| Glenridding Dodd | 442 m | 2.6 km |
| The Nab | 576 m | 3.4 km |
| Brock Crags (Wainwright) | 561.2 m | 3.5 km |