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Cross Fell
- Easiest route
- 2.0 km+212 m · about 1 h
- Prominence
- 661 m2,167 ft
- Isolation
- 39 km
- Tonight
- -1°CCloudy · Wind 24 km/h NW
Cross Fell is an 893 m (2,930 ft) mountain in the Pennines, England, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 893 m · 2,930 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Helvellyn (950 m)
- Range
- Pennines
- Region
- England, United Kingdom
- Protected area
- North Pennines
- Coordinates
- 54.7026° N, 2.4860° W
How to get to the top of Cross Fell
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 1.7 km WNW of Cross Fell
- Distance
- 2.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +212 m(696 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Cross Fell 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.6 × 6.6 km
Cross Fell terrain and contours
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Cross Fell weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 24 km/h NW
Cross Fell forecast for the summit, about 893 m.
- Tonight-1°–24 km/h NW
- Today-1°6°23.6 mm48 km/h W
- Sun2°4°8.9 mm48 km/h W
- Mon2°4°9.3 mm28 km/h S
- Tue3°8°15.6 mm39 km/h S
- Wed5°7°3.4 mm23 km/h SW
- Thu2°6°0.1 mm13 km/h SE
- Fri5°7°3.8 mm22 km/h SE
- Sat0°6°7.3 mm25 km/h SE
- Sun0°2°1.0 mm21 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 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cross Fell
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cross Fell, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Greg's Hut Bothy
Nearest parking
4.1 km WSW
Nearest caravan site
Crossfell Caravan Park
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Greg's Hut BothyHut | 1.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 6.9 km S |
| Crossfell Caravan ParkCaravan site | 6.9 km W |
| Silverband Caravan ParkCaravan site | 6.9 km S |
| Parking | 7.9 km WNW |
| Melmerby Holiday ParkCaravan site | 8.0 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Cross Fell?
The easiest mapped route, 2.0 km from 679 m to 893 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°1.9 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Cross Fell summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Skirwith Hill786 m 1.4 km NW
- 2Black Dub804 m 1.5 km ENE
- 3Fallow Hill787 m 1.8 km NE
- 4Raehow End720 m 2.5 km NNW
- 5Green Fell740 m 2.6 km NW
- 6Brown Hill666 m 2.9 km WNW
- 7Great Dun Fell847 m 3.0 km SE
- 8Rake End696 m 3.2 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 41 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Rough Violet Ground Beetle3
- Saddleback Harvestman3
- Eurasian Curlew2
- Green-veined White2
- Snake's-head fritillary2
- Violet ground beetle2
Where Cross Fell sits
- Range
- Pennines6
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Wet Sleddale ReservoirLake · 277 m↑27 km SSW
Talkin TarnLake↑28 km NNW
Haweswater ReservoirLake · 246 m↑29 km SW
Mardale↑30 km SW
UllswaterLake · 144 m↑30 km WSW
More in the Pennines 5
Cross Fell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 892 m at the summit; the official height is 893 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 893 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 892 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 891 m | -2 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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