Great Rigg

Area:	Lake District - Eastern Fells
County:	Cumbria
Country:	England
Classification:	Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, and Nuttall (also Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump)
Height:	766m
Maps:	OL5(S), OL7(N) Explorer or 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:	NY355104         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:	rock 15m NE of cairn - photo
Notes:	cairn (NY 35584 10395) is Wainwright
Daylight:	dawn 04:06, sunrise 04:57, sunset 21:38, dusk 22:29
External links:	Wikipedia

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

• Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar
• The Fairfield Horseshoe

... 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, Gav Laa, russellporter12, samross, adgl, DukeNukem, NickiG, goth_angel, Hannahfw, Danrobinson, Ivesylew, jtrslade, ja5ca, albee23, steve71, gallowshill (twice), hillbilly (twice), DANE2766, Strangerclur, Sylwia J Kociemba, anthbowles, peterb, Gillian7660, griff44, DuncanG22 (twice), Stoney, sgrice56, mattmanutd, motley 55, On The Rivet, Stuchlik, drsylvester68, Dunkman (twice), fizzerfox, JamieL, daleheadged, Chris the rambler, Chris Mac, CarlandHay, Mikew92, Carolwildbird, CARLOS, ThrowerBell, dsutton101, Ginty, Ejuk (twice), AGJ64, wolfgangb, jegger, walsh581, Susanna (twice), beth, StevetheRover (twice), hydroxides, Andy Duff, GraemeLackford, Shortnick, Iky3768, chipshot, Tony Roberts, rileyjayde, ThinArthur, Lancashire Lad, James82, Michal7, HannantMark, Jesspeace, gbh, trina, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, DG123, and springfishblue.

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

• 24/05/18 - Lancashire Lad - Fairfield Horseshoe. - (From Ambleside).

If you need accommodation we have details of 24 properties offering rooms near Great Rigg. Here are some examples:

4 AA Assessed

The Daffodil Hotel & Spa, Grasmere

3.8km (2.4 miles) away

4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage

Stonegarth Cottage, Grasmere

£350-702 per week
3.5km (2.2 miles) away, sleeps 2

4

Chestnut Villa, Grasmere

2.6km (1.6 miles) away

Photo by Elizabeth Oldham and is our copyright. For more information about this photo, including on copyright, see the photo's home page.