Tarn Crag (Sleddale)
6 classifications here — 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
- 663.9 m · 2,178 ft
- Prominence
- 160.3 m
- Grid reference
- NY 48791 07865
- Coordinates
- 54.46358, -2.79154
- County / area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- Lake District E
- OS Landranger
- 90
- OS Explorer
- OL7N
- Summit feature
- no feature: grassy rise
- Key col
- NY 4851 0886 (503.6 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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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 54.464, -2.792. 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
tall pillar 60m S at NY 48784 07802; cairn 60m ESE at NY 48848 07851 is c 0.5m lower and is Wainwright's summit.
The recorded summit point is no feature: grassy rise. 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 4851 0886 · 503.6 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maggs Howe | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 4.7 km · SW |
| Haweswater Hotel | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 7.8 km · N |
| Queens Head Hotel | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 8.5 km · SW |
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 Tarn Crag (Sleddale) group
27 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Tarn Crag (Sleddale) as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Grey Crag | 638 m | 41 m |
| Harrop Pike | 637 m | 15 m |
| Great Yarlside | 591 m | 6 m |
| Wasdale Pike | 565 m | 5 m |
| Great Saddle Crag | 560 m | 2 m |
| Swinklebank Crag | 554 m | 46 m |
| nameless (Bannisdale Horseshoe - Ancrow Brow N) | 541 m | 16 m |
| High Wether Howe | 531 m | 66 m |
| White Howe (Bannisdale) | 530 m | 73 m |
| The Forest | 528 m | 40 m |
| Lord's Seat (Crookdale) | 524 m | 36 m |
| Little Yarlside | 518 m | 11 m |
Twelve highest shown, of 27 in the group.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grey Crag | 638 m | 1.1 km |
| Harrop Pike | 637 m | 1.3 km |
| Kentmere Pike | 730.5 m | 2.2 km |
| Shipman Knotts | 587 m | 2.2 km |
| Branstree | 711.5 m | 2.4 km |
| Branstree NE Top | 673 m | 2.5 km |