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Skiddaw

931 m3,054 ft

Prominence: 706 m2,315 ft
Isolation: 16 km
Tonight: 0°CCloudy · Wind 20 km/h W

Skiddaw is a 931 m (3,054 ft) mountain in the Lake District, England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 931 m · 3,054 ft
Nearest higher peak: Helvellyn (950 m)
Range: Lake District
Region: England, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 54.6512° N, 3.1477° W

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3D map

Skiddaw 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Skiddaw terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Skiddaw elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Skiddaw weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 20 km/h W

Skiddaw forecast for the summit, about 931 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 68 m.

Tonight0°–20 km/h WBase 5°
Today1°7°24.7 mm69 km/h WBase 6 / 12°
Sun2°4°4.7 mm55 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
Mon2°4°11.5 mm31 km/h SEBase 8 / 9°
Tue3°8°8.1 mm39 km/h SWBase 9 / 13°
Wed4°7°2.4 mm31 km/h SWBase 9 / 12°
Thu2°6°–11 km/h SEBase 7 / 11°
Fri5°7°10.6 mm22 km/h SEBase 10 / 12°
Sat1°5°2.4 mm22 km/h SEBase 6 / 10°
Sun1°3°0.3 mm21 km/h NWBase 6 / 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.

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

51.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.6%

Steep, 30–45°

10.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 10.5% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view: 860 m low point 68 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 86.7%Trees 11.0%Water 1.3%Bare rock / sparse 0.5%

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 Skiddaw summit.

Summit list 7

1Carl Side747 m 1.1 km SSW
2Long Side734 m 1.3 km WSW
3Skiddaw Little Man865 m 1.4 km SSE
4Ullock Pike690 m 1.6 km WSW
5Bakestall674 m 1.8 km NNE
6Lonscale Fell715 m 3.1 km SE
7Lonscale Pike703 m 3.3 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.4 km; 262 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common bilberry19
Himalayan honeysuckle18
Common heather17
Oak Eggar14
Fly Agaric13
Red Admiral12

Where it sits

Where Skiddaw sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ThirlmereLake · 178 m14 km SSE

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

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Print & wall

JPGSkiddaw 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 927 m at the summit; the official height is 931 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	931 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	927 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	921 m	-10 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