Shelter Crags

Area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County:Cumberland
Country:England
Classification:Birkett, Hewitt, and Nuttall
(also Synge, Sim, and Tump)
Height:815m (with a drop of 31m)
Maps:OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY249053         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:cairn
Daylight:dawn 07:38, sunrise 08:22, sunset 15:48, dusk 16:32

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Shelter Crags and Bowfell
Shelter Crags and Bowfell


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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: anthbowles, Carolwildbird, CEW, Chris the rambler, chrisfry35, DANE2766, davew, digby, dsutton101, fidds, fizzerfox, Floydian1, gallowshill, johngraham5056@aol.com, Kanianne, Katie McBride, kevharris73, Lancashire Lad, leedrich, mariablky, MickRadford, Mikew92, Nathaniel Hillman (twice), navdave, pistolrider, racheljanemchugh, Rudi2309, RuslandRambler (x3), ScoutScarShuffler, SheepFarmer, StevetheRover, ThinArthur (twice), Trevor123, wezboyes@hotmail.com, and wrowlands3.

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