Loft Crag

#599 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff

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Loft Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, situated 9 kilometres west of Ambleside in the valley of Great Langdale. Along with the neighbouring fells of Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle it forms the picturesque Langdale Pikes, which when viewed from the area around Elterwater village gives one of the best-known views in the National Park. ()

Elevation: 2238 ftProminence: 82 ftCoordinates: 54°27'16"N, 3°6'58"W

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Loft Crag – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pavey Ark, Stickle Tarn, Pike of Stickle, Harrison Stickle.

0.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Pavey Ark
17 min walk • Pavey Ark, with its imposing presence in the United Kingdom's Lake District, is a rugged cliff face that commands respect and admiration from hikers and climbers alike. As part of the Langdale Pikes, it looms over the serene Stickle Tarn, offering a formidable...
0.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Stickle Tarn, Elterwater
18 min walk • Stickle Tarn is a small tarn near Harrison Stickle in Lake District, England. The tarn was enlarged by the building of a stone dam in 1838 and is used to supply water for the inhabitants of Langdale.
~1350 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Pike of Stickle, Lake District National Park
7 min walk • Pike of Stickle, also known as Pike o’ Stickle, is a fell in the English Lake District. It reaches a height of 709 metres and is situated in the central part of the national park in the valley of Great Langdale.
~1600 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Harrison Stickle
8 min walk • Harrison Stickle is a fell in the central part of the English Lake District, situated above Great Langdale. The fell is one of the three fells which make up the picturesque Langdale Pikes, the others being Pike of Stickle and Loft Crag.
1.6 miNW
Volcano, Nature, Natural attraction
Scafells, Lake District National Park
41 min walk • Scafells, also known as the Scafell Massif, is a collective term for the Scafell range of fells in the western English Lake District, including Scafell, England's tallest mountain Scafell Pike, Broad Crag and Ill Crag. Great End, Lingmell and Slight Side are also usually included within the definition.
0.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Thunacar Knott, Grasmere
14 min walk • Thunacar Knott is a fell in the central part of the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria.
1.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Sergeant Man, Grasmere
32 min walk • Sergeant Man is a fell in the English Lake District. It is properly a secondary summit of High Raise, but is given a separate chapter by Alfred Wainwright in his third Pictorial Guide nonetheless, as it "is so prominent an object and offers so compelling a challenge".
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Southern Fells, Lake District National Park
41 min walk • The Southern Fells are a group of hills in the English Lake District. Including Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, they occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale.

Loft Crag

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Loft Crag – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)