Pillar and Ennerdale Fells, Lake District National Park

#18 among attractions in Lake District National Park

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Pillar and Ennerdale Fells is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Protected for its biological interest, the site is named after Pillar, which at 892 metres is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District, and other fells in the same range. The area is 425.25 ha. ()

Coordinates: 54°30'6"N, 3°20'3"W

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Pillar and Ennerdale Fells – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Scale Force, Bleaberry Tarn, Ennerdale Water, Haycock.

2.9 miN
Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
Scale Force, Lake District National Park
74 min walk • Scale Force is considered the highest waterfall in the English Lake District. Opinions vary about how its precise height is calculated, but the total height is normally stated as 170 feet. It lies on the stream Scale Beck.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bleaberry Tarn
64 min walk • Bleaberry Tarn is a small natural mountain tarn near Buttermere in the English Lake District. Located at NY165154, it lies in a corrie below the Lakeland fells of Red Pike and High Stile, backed by Chapel Crags on the ridge between them.
2.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ennerdale Water
63 min walk • Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of 150 feet, and is ½ mile to a mile wide and 2½ miles long.
1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Haycock
27 min walk • Haycock is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It rises between Scoat Fell and Caw Fell to the south of Ennerdale and the north of Wasdale.
1.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Scoat Fell
45 min walk • Scoat Fell is a fell in the western part of the English Lake District. It stands at the head of the Mosedale Horseshoe with its back to Ennerdale.
1.1 miS
Hill
Caw Fell, Lake District National Park
28 min walk • Caw Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, standing between Haycock the Lank Rigg group. It occupies a wide upland area with Ennerdale to the north and Blengdale to the south.
3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Crag Fell
78 min walk • Crag Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It is part of the Lank Rigg group, standing above Ennerdale Water in the Western Fells.
2.6 miS
Hill
Seatallan, Eskdale Green
68 min walk • Seatallan is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It is rounded, grassy and fairly unassuming, occupying a large amount of land.
2.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Red Pike
58 min walk • Red Pike is a fell in the High Stile range in the western English Lake District, which separates Ennerdale from the valley of Buttermere and Crummock Water. It is 2,476 ft high.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Stile
63 min walk • High Stile is a mountain in the western part of the Lake District in North West England. It is the eleventh-highest English Marilyn, standing 807 metres high, and has a relative height of 362 metres.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Pillar
55 min walk • Pillar is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. Situated between the valleys of Ennerdale to the north and Wasdale to the south, it is the highest point of the Pillar group.