Wild Boar Fell

About Wild Boar Fell

Wild Boar Fell rises on the eastern edge of Cumbria within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on the boundary between the civil parishes of Mallerstang and Ravenstonedale. Whether it counts as the fourth or fifth highest fell in the Dales depends on whether nearby High Seat, a metre higher, is included.

Swarth Fell, a ridge about 1.6 km south, is the nearest high ground; High Seat and Hugh Seat stand across the dale to the east.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Wild Boar 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

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 54.384, -2.374. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is embedded rock 30m S of trig point. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Leica NA730

Record revised

21-Jul-24

Drop measured from

SD 7789 9633 · 355.8 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.

Reaching Wild Boar Fell by train

2 National Rail stations sit 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 Wild Boar Fell group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Wild Boar Fell 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