Scotland

Wedder Law

DonaldHuMPSimm

2 classifications here — HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
673 m · 2,208 ft
Grid reference
NS 93866 02504
Coordinates
55.30518, -3.67348
County / area
Dumfries and Galloway/South Lanarkshire
OS Landranger
78
OS Explorer
329
Summit feature
no feature
Key col
NS 9300 0318 (534 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 55.305, -3.673. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (673 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

very flat summit area.

The recorded summit point is no feature. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica RX1250
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
NS 9300 0318 · 534 m

Classification history: hill surveyed at 673.0 and 534.0m.

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Wedder Law
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Thornhill Golf ClubPub/bar/nightclubImprovement required8.2 km · SW
Thornhill Bowling ClubPub/bar/nightclubPass9.1 km · SW
Drumlanrig Castle TearoomRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass9.2 km · W

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

Wedder Law is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Ballencleuch Law (691 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 534 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
Gana Hill668 m2.1 km
Scaw'd Law664.4 m2.1 km
Ballencleuch Law691.4 m2.5 km
Earncraig Hill611 m3.6 km
Well Hill606 m4.7 km
Comb Law645 m4.9 km