Middle Fell, Eskdale Green

#8 among attractions in Eskdale Green

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Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater. Middle Fell can be climbed from Greendale near the foot of Wastwater, and a fine view of the lake backed by the Wastwater Screes is visible from the summit. ()

Coordinates: 54°27'12"N, 3°18'41"W

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Eskdale Green United Kingdom

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Middle Fell – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wast Water, Church of St Olaf, Haycock, Burnmoor Tarn.

1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wast Water
28 min walk • Wast Water is a spectacular and serene lake nestled in the remote western reaches of the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With its dramatic and rugged beauty, Wast Water holds the title of the deepest lake in England, plunging to depths of nearly 260...
2.5 miNE
Church, Historical place
Church of St Olaf, Lake District National Park
65 min walk • St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is England's smallest parish church. The earliest record of the church is from 1550, though it probably predates this, and it is likely that there was an earlier church on this site.
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Haycock
62 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.
2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Burnmoor Tarn
69 min walk • Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is one of the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.
2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Scoat Fell
74 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.
3.5 miN
Protected area
Pillar and Ennerdale Fells, Lake District National Park
89 min walk • 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.
2.6 miNW
Hill
Caw Fell, Lake District National Park
67 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.
1.8 miSE
Hill
Illgill Head, Eskdale Green
48 min walk • Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
1 miNW
Hill
Seatallan, Eskdale Green
26 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.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Kirk Fell, Lake District National Park
87 min walk • Kirk Fell is a fell in the Western part of the English Lake District. It is situated between Great Gable and Pillar on the long ring of fells surrounding the valley of Ennerdale, and also stands over Wasdale to the south.
1.2 miSW
Hill
Buckbarrow, Eskdale Green
30 min walk • Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m.