Great Rigg, Grasmere

Name: Great Rigg
Address: Grasmere, United Kingdom

#18 among attractions in Grasmere

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Great Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, 7 kilometres north-west of Ambleside and reaching a height of 766 metres. It is most often climbed as part of the Fairfield horseshoe, a 16-km circular walk which starts and finishes in Ambleside. The fell's name originates from the Old English "Rigg", meaning a bumpy or knobbly ridge. ()

Elevation: 2513 ftProminence: 102 ftCoordinates: 54°29'5"N, 2°59'45"W

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Grasmere United Kingdom

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Great Rigg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, Dove Crag, High Pike.

1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Grisedale Tarn, Grasmere
29 min walk • Grisedale Tarn is a tarn in the Lake District of England between Fairfield and Dollywagon Pike. It is the legendary resting place of the crown of the kingdom of Cumbria, after the crown was conveyed there in 945 by soldiers of the last king, Dunmail, after he was slain in battle with the combined forces of the English and Scottish kings.
0.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Fairfield, Grasmere
22 min walk • Fairfield is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the highest of a group of hills in the Eastern Fells, standing to the south of the Helvellyn range.
1.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Dove Crag, Grasmere
30 min walk • Dove Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. Situated in the Eastern Fells of the national park, seven kilometres south-south-west of Glenridding, it reaches a height of 792 metres.
1.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Pike, Grasmere
39 min walk • High Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, located five kilometres north of Ambleside. Situated in the Eastern Fells, it can be confused with another Lake District High Pike in the Northern Fells. High Pike reaches a height of 656 metres.
1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hart Crag, Grasmere
25 min walk • Hart Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, being one of the Fairfield group of hills in the Eastern Fells.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Stone Arthur, Grasmere
23 min walk • Stone Arthur is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Grasmere village.
1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Seat Sandal, Grasmere
27 min walk • Seat Sandal is a fell in the English Lake District, situated four kilometres north of the village of Grasmere from where it is very well seen.