England · Lake District National Park

Yew Bank

Height
207 m · 679 ft
Grid reference
SD 26251 90962
Coordinates
54.30892, -3.13501
County / area
Westmorland and Furness
OS Landranger
96 97
OS Explorer
OL6N OL6S
Summit feature
large cairn
Key col
SD299910 (190 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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Computed astronomically for 54.309, -3.135. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (207 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

rock c 5m N of cairn and heathery mound 25m NE of cairn are of equal height and are the highest points of the fell.

The recorded summit point is large 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
10-May-05
Drop measured from
SD299910 · 190 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.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Cumbria Way119 km1.4 km

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

Reaching Yew Bank by train

One National Rail station sits within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Foxfield7.7 kmNE of the station

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Yew Bank
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Water Park Adventure CentreRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.1 km · E
Undercragg Studio and CafeRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.3 km · NE
The Wilson ArmsPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 53.8 km · NE

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

Yew Bank is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Kirkby Moor — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 190 m. That hill is outside the lists OpenFell publishes, so it has no page here.

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
Beacon Fell255 m1.6 km
Wool Knott223 m1.7 km
Tottlebank Height236 m2.5 km
Blawith Knott248 m2.6 km
nameless (Top o' Selside - Brock Barrow)221 m3.7 km
The Knott284 m3.9 km