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Catbells

451 m1,480 ft

Prominence: 88 m289 ft
Isolation: 1.2 km
Tonight: 3°CCloudy · Wind 13 km/h W

Catbells is a 451 m (1,480 ft) mountain in the Lake District, England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 451 m · 1,480 ft
Nearest higher peak: Maiden Moor (576 m)
Range: Lake District
Region: England, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 54.5682° N, 3.1706° W

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3D map

Catbells 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Catbells terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Catbells elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Catbells weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 13 km/h W

Catbells forecast for the summit, about 451 m.

Tonight3°–13 km/h W
Today5°10°30.4 mm62 km/h W
Sun5°8°6.5 mm54 km/h W
Mon6°12°14.7 mm37 km/h SW
Tue7°11°12.1 mm39 km/h S
Wed8°10°4.7 mm28 km/h W
Thu6°9°0.1 mm14 km/h S
Fri8°10°7.5 mm23 km/h SE
Sat4°8°4.1 mm23 km/h SE
Sun4°6°1.1 mm19 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Catbells

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Catbells, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.5 km E
+2 more within 0.6 km
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Nearest caravan site
Low Manesty Caravan Park
1.5 km SE · +2 more within 3.8 km
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Nearest campsite
1.8 km NNW
+2 more within 3.0 km
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Nearest hut
Grange Old School
2.4 km SSE · +2 more within 6.7 km
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All mapped places 12

Place	Distance
Parking	0.5 km E
Parking	0.5 km ENE
Parking	0.6 km NE
Low Manesty Caravan ParkCaravan site	1.5 km SE
Campsite	1.8 km NNW
Grange Old SchoolHut	2.4 km SSE
Keswick Scouts Ashness HutCampsite	2.8 km E
Hollows Farm CampsiteCampsite	3.0 km S
Braithwaite Caravan and Camping Club SiteCaravan site	3.8 km NNW
Derwentwater Camping and Caravan ClubCaravan site	3.8 km NNE
Causeway FootHut	5.4 km ENE
Armboth Hall SummerhouseHut	6.7 km ESE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 53% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

53.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.0%

Steep, 30–45°

14.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 15.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 558 m low point 73 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 61.1%Trees 24.8%Water 13.8%

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 Catbells summit.

Summit list 5

1Rowling End433 m 1.7 km WNW
2Maiden Moor575 m 1.8 km SSW
3Barrow455 m 2.6 km NW
4Causey Pike637 m 2.7 km WNW
5Blea Crag634 m 2.8 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 575 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Ring-necked Pheasant35
European Robin34
Common bilberry27
Purple foxglove26
Mallard25
Bog myrtle24

Where it sits

Where Catbells sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Innominate TarnLake · 520 m8.3 km SSW

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 447 m at the summit; the official height is 451 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	451 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	447 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	428 m	-23 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

Catbells

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Data sources