Mountains & hills · North West England
Slight Side
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Slight Side — Named summit at 762 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
- Dalegarth · 5.6 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Slight Side, the nearest railway station is Dalegarth, which is 5.6 km away. Entry to the site is free. There are no specific accessibility details provided.
About
Slight Side is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 762 m.". Coordinates: 54.4344°, -3.2196°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Scafell Pikes SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Slight Side is a fell in the English Lake District it stands 25 kilometres (16 miles) east southeast of the town of Whitehaven and reaches a height of 762 metres (2,499 ft). Slight Side lies at the south western edge of the Scafell Massif, a four-kilometre-long (2+1⁄2-mile) crescent of high ground which includes the highest ground in England. The fells names derives from the Old Norse language and means "The mountain shieling with the level pastures", it is a combination of the Norse words "sletta" and "saetr". With a shieling meaning a shepherds hut or a mountain pasture used in the summer.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.4344, -3.2196
- Address
- Cumbria, England
- Nearest railway station
- Dalegarth — 5.6 km
Sources
- osm: n29877964 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Slight Side (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Slight Side and Scafell.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Slight Side?
- Slight Side is in North-West England, United Kingdom.
- What is Slight Side?
- Slight Side — Named summit at 762 m.
- How do I get to Slight Side?
- The nearest railway station is Dalegarth, about 5.6 km away. Its coordinates are 54.4344°, -3.2196°.
- Is Slight Side a protected site?
- Yes — Slight Side is part of the Scafell Pikes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Slight Side free to visit?
- Yes, Slight Side is free to enter.
- How do I get to Slight Side?
- The nearest railway station is Dalegarth, about 5.6 km away.