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High Crag (Buttermere)

Area:Lake District - Western Fells
County:Cumbria
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, and Nuttall
(also Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump)
Height:744m
Maps:OL4(S) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY180139         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:southerly of two cairns
Notes:cairn to N is lower
Daylight:dawn 05:13, sunrise 05:53, sunset 20:40, dusk 21:20
External links:Wikipedia

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High Crag from the Scarth Gap Path
High Crag from the Scarth Gap Path


Why not try walking up this hill using one of our walks:

... or, if you've walked it already, why not log on or register and record your walk?

Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: JimRiley, Tirama, adgl, DukeNukem (twice), SheepFarmer, NickiG, Oli R C, luverlyjuberly, ajdowsett, albee23, gallowshill, hillbilly, Sylwia J Kociemba, Tabber, alanm9, Samrust, gilly_3886, Billygoat75, peterb, Smoo1610, ianjbaines, psimon63, frothyraptor, Nottspanther, JTM, windridge, On The Rivet, spookyfish, drsylvester68, fizzerfox, Chris the rambler, fidds, jplyons, CarlandHay, Mikew92, Carolwildbird, CARLOS, Ginty (twice), AGJ64, wolfgangb, koczur, Jennie, beth, StevetheRover (twice), i2am2no2man (twice), Andy Duff, Lancashire Lad (twice), gbh, tposton, and gerard.hurst.

In our forum you can read the following walk reports which include this hill:

If you need accommodation we have details of 12 properties offering rooms near High Crag (Buttermere). Here are some examples:

4 AA Assessed
The Borrowdale Hotel Lake District Hotels Ltd , Keswick
£130-190 per night
9.2km (5.7 miles) away
5 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Coombe Cottage, Rosthwaite
£750-3830 per week
9.0km (5.6 miles) away, sleeps 8
3 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Nook Cottage, Rosthwaite
£471-2100 per week
7.8km (4.9 miles) away, sleeps 6

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