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Wrynose Pass

384 m1,260 ft
Connects
Cockley Beck – Gill Grains
Tonight
4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h NW

Wrynose Pass is a mountain pass at 384 m in England, United Kingdom. It links Cockley Beck and Gill Grains.

All facts
Saddle
384 m
Lowest point
231 m / 118 m
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Wrynose Pass 3D map

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Topographic map

Wrynose Pass topographic map

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.

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Wrynose Pass elevation profile

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Pass

Wrynose Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 384 mCockley Beck 231 m+153 m · 3.0 kmGill Grains 118 m+266 m · 2.2 km

Crossed by: Wrynose Pass

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

Weather

Wrynose Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 17 km/h NW

Wrynose Pass forecast for about 384 m.

  • Tonight4°–17 km/h NW
  • Today4°10°38.7 mm53 km/h W
  • Sun6°8°5.5 mm46 km/h W
  • Mon5°12°19.4 mm30 km/h SW
  • Tue7°10°12.7 mm37 km/h SW
  • Wed8°10°7.8 mm28 km/h W
  • Thu7°9°1.1 mm11 km/h SE
  • Fri7°10°10.6 mm18 km/h SE
  • Sat4°9°4.0 mm17 km/h SE
  • Sun4°7°2.7 mm20 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 Wrynose Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km NE

    +2 more within 0.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Great Langdale Campsite

    3.6 km NNE · +2 more within 6.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Great Langdale Bunkhouse

    4.4 km NNE

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Greenhowe Caravan Park

    5.0 km NNE · +2 more within 6.8 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km NE
Parking0.3 km NE
Parking0.3 km NE
Great Langdale CampsiteCampsite3.6 km NNE
Great Langdale BunkhouseHut4.4 km NNE
Baysbrown FarmCampsite4.8 km NE
Greenhowe Caravan ParkCaravan site5.0 km NNE
BeckthwaiteCaravan site5.8 km SSE
Pier Cottage Caravan ParkCampsite6.4 km SE
Caravan site6.8 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
38.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
46.4%
Steep, 30–45°
14.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.8%
Steeper than 30°
15.2% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
825 m low point 70 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 90.5%Trees 8.6%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Wrynose Pass.

NESW2 km5 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Great Carrs785 m 1.9 km SSW
  2. 2Swirl How802 m 2.2 km S
  3. 3South Top834 m 3.3 km NW
  4. 4Third Crinkle (Gunson Knott)840 m 3.5 km NW
  5. 5Crinkle Crags - Long Top859 m 3.6 km NW
  6. 6Shelter Crags815 m 3.8 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 335 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bog asphodel43
  • Round-leaved sundew30
  • Northern firmoss23
  • Common Butterwort16
  • Cross-leaved Heath15
  • Common Lousewort12
Where it sits

Where Wrynose Pass sits

Region
England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia