England · Lake District National Park

Sergeant's Crag

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Sergeant's Crag, 571 m, Cumberland
Sergeant's Crag, 571 m, Cumberland. Photo by Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
571 m · 1,873 ft
Grid reference
NY 27393 11378
Coordinates
54.49253, -3.12246
County / area
Cumberland
OS Landranger
89 90
OS Explorer
OL4S
Summit feature
rock 2m from cairn
Key col
NY274109 (522 m)

About Sergeant's Crag

Sergeant's Crag is a Central Fells summit of intermediate height, sitting on the ridge that divides the Langstrath and Greenup valleys.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sergeant's Crag (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 54.493, -3.122. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (571 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rock 2m from cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
obvious summit
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
NY274109 · 522 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

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.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Cumbria Way119 km0.5 km
Coast to Coast Walk303 km0.8 km

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Sergeant's Crag
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
The Royal Oak Hotel (Rostwaite)Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 53.8 km · NW
The Yew TreeRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.8 km · NW
Hazel Bank HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 53.9 km · NW

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

Sergeant's Crag is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to High Raise (763 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 522 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

PeakHeightDistance
Eagle Crag522.8 m0.7 km
Dovenest Top633.3 m1.7 km
Ullscarf723 m1.9 km
Rosthwaite Fell612 m1.9 km
Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot551 m1.9 km
High Raise762.5 m2 km