Mountains & hills · North West England
Castle Crag
In or near Grange in Borrowdale.
Castle Crag — Named summit at 290 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Castle Crag is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 290 m.". Coordinates: 54.5332°, -3.1616°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lodore - Troutdale Woods SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Buttermere Fells SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: BORROWDALE RAINFOREST
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet (300 m). Wainwright accorded Castle Crag the status of a separate fell because it "is so magnificently independent, so ruggedly individual, so aggressively unashamed of its lack of inches, that less than justice would be done by relegating it to a paragraph in the High Spy chapter." Subsequent guidebooks have not always agreed: Castle Crag is one of only two Wainwrights not included in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells.
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- Coordinates
- 54.5332, -3.1616
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- Borrowdale
- Postcode
- CA12 5XL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Penrith and Solway
Sources
- osm: n29954139 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Castle Crag (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Castle crag.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Castle Crag?
- Castle Crag is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA12 5XL), in the parish of Borrowdale.
- What is Castle Crag?
- Castle Crag — Named summit at 290 m.
- How do I get to Castle Crag?
- Drivers can use postcode CA12 5XL.
- Is Castle Crag a protected site?
- Yes — Castle Crag is part of the River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Lodore - Troutdale Woods SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Castle Crag free to visit?
- Yes, Castle Crag is free to enter.
- How do I get to Castle Crag?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA12 5XL. It sits within the Penrith and Solway parliamentary constituency.