Great Stickle

#3835 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Great Stickle is a fell located in the southern Lake District of England with an altitude of 305 m. Alfred Wainwright included it in the Stickle Pike chapter of his "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland". Geographically the fell is located on the southern ridge of Stickle Pike and is located between the lower Duddon Valley and the valley of Dunnerdale Beck. A "stickle" is a hill with a prominent rocky top. ()

Coordinates: 54°18'50"N, 3°12'47"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Wallowbarrow Crag, Brown Pike, Devoke Water, Duddon furnace.

3.3 miN
Cliff
Wallowbarrow Crag, Coniston
84 min walk • Wallowbarrow Crag is a hill of 292 metres in the Lake District, England. It is on the west of the Duddon Valley, across the valley from the village of Seathwaite.
4.3 miNE
Hill
Brown Pike, Coniston
111 min walk • Brown Pike is a fell located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Brown Pike is near the village of Coniston, and is most commonly approached from there with walkers often continuing onto Buck Pike, Dow Crag and the Old Man of Coniston.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Devoke Water, Eskdale Green
121 min walk • Devoke Water is a small lake in the mid-west region of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is the largest tarn in the Lake District.
2.3 miSW
Ruins
Duddon furnace
58 min walk • The Duddon furnace is a surviving charcoal-fueled blast furnace near Broughton-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is on the west side of the River Duddon in the parish of Millom and formerly in Cumberland.
2.6 miS
Church
St Mary Magdalene's Church
67 min walk • St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
3 miN
Church
Holy Trinity
77 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Seathwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of four other local parishes.
3 miNW
Hill
Hesk Fell, Eskdale Green
76 min walk • Hesk Fell is a hill in the south-west of the English Lake District, between the Duddon Valley and Eskdale near Ulpha, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
4.2 miN
Hill
Green Crag, Eskdale Green
108 min walk • Green Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Eskdale and the Duddon valley in the Southern Fells.
3.4 miW
Hill
Whitfell, Eskdale Green
87 min walk • Whitfell is a hill of 573 metres in the southwestern part of the Lake District. It is the highest point between Black Combe and Harter Fell on the broad ridge to the west of the Duddon Valley.
1.4 miSW
Valley
Duddon Valley
37 min walk • The Duddon Valley is a valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Duddon flows through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale, before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness.
4 miNW
Hill
Stainton Pike, Eskdale Green
103 min walk • Stainton Pike is a hill in the English Lake District, near Waberthwaite, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.