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Ill Bell

Area:Lake District - Far Eastern Fells
County:Cumbria
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, Nuttall, and HuMP
(also Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump)
Height:757m
Maps:OL7(N) Explorer or 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY436077         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:N of two large cairns 30m apart - photo
Notes:S cairn at NY 43660 07720 is c 50cm lower
Daylight:dawn 07:40, sunrise 08:24, sunset 15:46, dusk 16:30
External links:Wikipedia

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Kentmere Reservoir, Yoke, Ill Bell, and Froswick
Kentmere Reservoir, Yoke, Ill Bell, and Froswick


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

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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: adgl, AGJ64, ahampson (twice), albee23, Andy Duff, awall, B@T, beth, bryanatk, Burgpa, CarlandHay, CARLOS (x3), Carolwildbird (twice), CEW, chipshot, Chris the rambler, chrisfry35 (x5), daleheadged, DANE2766, Danrobinson, Darrenh, Dave Martin, digby, domusmantell, dsutton101, DukeNukem, DuncanG22, fellwalker68, fidds, fizzerfox, frothyraptor, gallowshill, gbh (twice), gerard.hurst, Ginty, griff44, Howdo, James82 (twice), JimRiley, JMCM, john09cw, js1995, JSutton, Lakeviewlad, Lancashire Lad (twice), lfaulder, livebox, mattmanutd, Mickha, Mikew92, motley 55 (twice), Nottspanther, On The Rivet, Paul Mansour, peterb, Peterfishwick, rampton60, RuslandRambler, ScoutScarShuffler (twice), shivtc@yahoo.co.uk (twice), spookyfish, springfishblue, StevetheRover (twice), Strangerclur, Susanna, Sylwia J Kociemba (twice), ThinArthur, Tirama, Tony Roberts, TONYL31, vinmac, walsh581, windridge, wolfgangb, and yorkmunrobagger.

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

If you need accommodation we have details of 28 properties offering rooms near Ill Bell. Here are some examples:

3 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Todd Crag, Ambleside
£344-1594 per week
6.8km (4.2 miles) away, sleeps 4
4 Tourist Board Assessed Cottage
Heather Cottage, Ambleside
£366-1609 per week
6.8km (4.2 miles) away, sleeps 4
4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Tranquility Lodge, Troutbeck
£389-2305 per week
5.0km (3.1 miles) away, sleeps 6

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

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