Bowscale Fell, Lake District National Park

Name: Bowscale Fell
Address: Lake District National Park, United Kingdom

#61 among attractions in Lake District National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Bowscale Fell, Lake District National Park

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Bowscale Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It rises above the village of Mungrisdale in the Northern Fells. Bowscale Fell stands at the extreme north east the Blencathra group, connected to this higher fell by the intervening Bannerdale Crags. In common with many fells the western slopes are smooth and convex while the eastern side exhibits crags. ()

Elevation: 2303 ftProminence: 295 ftCoordinates: 54°39'56"N, 3°2'6"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Skiddaw, Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum, Blencathra, Carrock Fell.

4.6 miW
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Skiddaw, Keswick
118 min walk • Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. Its 931-metre summit is the sixth-highest in England. It lies just north of the town of Keswick, Cumbria, and dominates the skyline in this part of the northern lakes.
3.8 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, Mine
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
98 min walk • The Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is located in Threlkeld three miles east of Keswick, in the heart of the Lake District in Cumbria. It is suited for families, school classes, and enthusiasts.
1.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Blencathra
48 min walk • Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly hills in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet.
2 miN
Forts and castles
Carrock Fell
52 min walk • Carrock Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the northern region of the national park, 8 miles north-east of Keswick.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Skiddaw Little Man
114 min walk • Skiddaw Little Man also called Little Man is a fell in the English Lake District, it is situated four kilometres north of the town of Keswick and reaches a height of 865 m.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Lonscale Fell
90 min walk • Lonscale Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. Its pointed second top is instantly recognisable, standing at the eastern end of the Skiddaw massif. The fell is easily climbed from Keswick or from Skiddaw House to the north.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Bannerdale Crags
25 min walk • Bannerdale Crags is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Blencathra and Bowscale Fell in the Northern Fells.
3.2 miSE
Bridge
Mosedale Viaduct, Keswick
82 min walk • The Mosedale Viaduct carried the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway over Mosedale Beck until its closure in 1972. Building work on the viaduct began in 1862, and the first test train crossed it in 1864.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Souther Fell, Lake District National Park
41 min walk • Souther Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Mungrisdale village in the Northern Fells. It is most famous for the appearance of a "spectral army", said to have been seen marching along its crest on Midsummer's Day, 1745.
2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Pike, Lake District National Park
75 min walk • High Pike is a fell in the northern part of the English Lake District, it is located 4.5 kilometres south of Caldbeck. It has a height of 658 metres and is the most northerly of the Lakeland fells over 2000 feet.
1.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Mungrisdale Common, Lake District National Park
42 min walk • Mungrisdale Common, pronounced mun-grize-dl, with emphasis on grize, is a fell in the English Lake District. Although Alfred Wainwright listed it as one of the 214 featured hills in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells it was his least favourite.