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Blencathra

868 m2,848 ft

Prominence: 462 m1,516 ft
Isolation: 6.0 km
Tonight: 0°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h W

Blencathra is an 868 m (2,848 ft) mountain in the Lake District, England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 868 m · 2,848 ft
Nearest higher peak: Skiddaw (931 m)
Range: Lake District
Region: England, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 54.6401° N, 3.0498° W

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3D map

Blencathra 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Blencathra terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Blencathra elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Blencathra weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 21 km/h W

Blencathra forecast for the summit, about 868 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 120 m.

Tonight0°–21 km/h WBase 5°
Today2°6°31.2 mm55 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
Sun2°4°3.9 mm52 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
Mon3°4°17.6 mm30 km/h SBase 7 / 9°
Tue4°8°7.4 mm37 km/h SBase 8 / 12°
Wed5°7°3.0 mm26 km/h WBase 9 / 12°
Thu4°6°0.4 mm11 km/h SBase 8 / 11°
Fri5°7°9.5 mm20 km/h SBase 9 / 12°
Sat1°6°4.4 mm21 km/h SEBase 5 / 10°
Sun1°3°0.4 mm21 km/h NWBase 5 / 8°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.0%

Steep, 30–45°

11.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 11.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 742 m low point 120 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 96.2%Trees 3.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Blencathra summit.

Summit list 6

1Atkinson Pike845 m 0.6 km N
2Gategill Fell Top852 m 0.7 km SW
3Bannerdale Crags (summit)684 m 1.8 km NE
4Bannerdale Crags682 m 1.8 km NE
5Mungrisdale Common632 m 1.9 km NW
6Bowscale Fell702 m 3.0 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 380 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fireweed27
Common yarrow16
Purple foxglove14
Orange hawkweed14
Red Admiral12
European beech12

Where it sits

Where Blencathra sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ThirlmereLake · 178 m12 km S

Blencathra downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBlencathra satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 862 m at the summit; the official height is 868 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	868 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	862 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	856 m	-12 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia