Mountains & hills · Scottish Lowlands
Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell — Named summit at 536.6 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Nearest railway station
- Threlkeld Quarry Station · 7.1 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Great Mell Fell is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 536.6 m.". Coordinates: 54.6199°, -2.9357°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Great Mell Fell (Bare hill, with the later additions of both "Fell" and "Great") is an isolated hill or fell in the English Lake District, north of Ullswater and adjacent to the Eastern Fells. It rises from a level plain to a height of 537 m. Its top is a viewpoint for many of the surrounding higher fells. The fell is now owned and managed by the National Trust and offers a place of quiet refuge. The fell was once well wooded, and retains a good covering of trees on the lower slopes, as well as scattered larches and pines higher up. Its rock is unusual for the Lake District, a reddish conglomerate of Devonian age, which has been eroded to form a rounded hill with smooth outlines and no rocky crags.
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Background
History
There is a disused rifle range to the north-west of the fell. The target control building may still be seen. This was in use from the late 1890s, then by the War Department (now the Ministry of Defence) during the war years and into the 1950s. As a result, access to the whole fell was prohibited at the time by red danger signs. Alfred Wainwright includes a drawing of one of the signs in his 1955 guide book, but he himself apparently ignored the warnings and explored the fell anyway. Careful examination of the exposed soil in the butts will still reveal dead 303 rounds from the era
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- Coordinates
- 54.6199, -2.9357
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Matterdale
- Postcode
- CA11 0SS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Nearest railway station
- Threlkeld Quarry Station — 7.1 km
Sources
- osm: n7168689663 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Great Mell Fell (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Greatmellfell.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Mell Fell?
- Great Mell Fell is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode CA11 0SS), in the parish of Matterdale.
- Is Great Mell Fell a protected site?
- Yes — Great Mell Fell is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Great Mell Fell?
- The nearest railway station is Threlkeld Quarry Station, about 7.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA11 0SS.