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Helvellyn

950 m3,117 ft

Easiest route: 3.4 km+726 m · about 2 h · T1
Prominence: 713 m2,339 ft
Isolation: 15 km
Tonight: 0°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW

Helvellyn is a 950 m (3,117 ft) mountain in the Lake District, England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 950 m · 3,117 ft
Nearest higher peak: Scafell Pike (978 m)
Range: Lake District
Region: England, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 54.5276° N, 3.0190° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Helvellyn

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end near Thirlspot

Distance: 3.4 kmone way
Climb: +726 m(2,382 ft up)
Time up: about 2 h
Difficulty: T1Easy trail, trainers are fine

Helvellyn elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Wythburn Car Park (parking)3.6 km · +675 m · about 2 h
T2GPX KML
Seasonal Car park (parking)5.3 km · +783 m · about 2.5 h
T3GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Helvellyn 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Helvellyn terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Thirlspot. 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Helvellyn weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW

Helvellyn forecast for the summit, about 950 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 171 m.

Tonight0°–19 km/h NWBase 5°
Today1°5°40.3 mm50 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
Sun2°4°4.4 mm46 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
Mon2°4°24.6 mm29 km/h SWBase 7 / 8°
Tue3°7°14.3 mm40 km/h SBase 8 / 12°
Wed5°6°5.1 mm26 km/h WBase 10 / 11°
Thu4°5°1.0 mm13 km/h SEBase 8 / 10°
Fri4°6°10.6 mm19 km/h SEBase 9 / 11°
Sat0°5°4.4 mm22 km/h SEBase 5 / 10°
Sun0°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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Helvellyn

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

Nearest parking
Wythburn Car Park
2.3 km SW · +2 more within 3.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Thirlspot Farm Camping
3.5 km NW · +2 more within 5.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Armboth Hall Summerhouse
4.1 km WNW · +2 more within 5.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
Gillside Caravan Park
4.1 km ENE · +2 more within 6.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 12

Place	Distance
Wythburn Car ParkParking	2.3 km SW
Dobgill Car ParkParking	2.8 km WSW
Steel End Car ParkParking	3.0 km SW
Thirlspot Farm CampingCampsite	3.5 km NW
Armboth Hall SummerhouseHut	4.1 km WNW
Gillside Caravan ParkCaravan site	4.1 km ENE
Gillside CampingCampsite	4.2 km ENE
High Bridge End FarmCaravan site	4.9 km NW
George Starkey HutHut	5.3 km E
Noran Bank Farm BunkhouseHut	5.7 km E
Side Farm CampsiteCampsite	5.7 km ENE
Hartsop Fold Holiday LodgesCaravan site	6.6 km ESE

Slope

How steep is the route to Helvellyn?

The easiest mapped route, 3.4 km from 219 m to 950 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.

0 km · 219 m3.4 km · 950 m

0–15°2.1 km
15–30°1.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 83.4%Trees 10.2%Water 6.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Helvellyn summit.

Summit list 8

1Lower Man925 m 0.5 km NW
2Catstye Cam890 m 0.9 km NE
3Nethermost Pike891 m 1.0 km SSE
4High Crag884 m 1.5 km S
5White Side863 m 1.5 km NNW
6Dollywaggon Pike859 m 2.2 km SSE
7Raise883 m 2.2 km N
8St Sunday Crag841 m 3.3 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.4 km; 235 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Parsley fern12
Bog asphodel11
Common Butterwort11
Woodland Dor Beetle11
Common Raven10
Alpine Lady's-mantle10

Where it sits

Where Helvellyn sits

Ranked in 1

#5 Treks and hikes in United Kingdom

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Easedale TarnLake · 282 m7.3 km SSW

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXHelvellyn GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 946 m at the summit; the official height is 950 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	950 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	946 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	939 m	-11 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

Helvellyn

Easiest route: from Road end near Thirlspot

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Nearest caravan site

Data sources