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Steel Knotts

Also known as:Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts
Area:Lake District - Far Eastern Fells
County:Cumbria
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright and Birkett
(also Fellranger, Synge, and Tump)
Height:432m
Maps:OL5(S) Explorer or 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY440181         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:rock outcrop - photos
Daylight:dawn 04:11, sunrise 04:59, sunset 21:16, dusk 22:04
External links:Wikipedia

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Steel End rising to Pikeawassa
Steel End rising to Pikeawassa


The summit of Steel Knotts is a rock tor with the wonderful name of Pikeawassa. Wainwright said that as a result Steel Knotts "may well claim to have the sharpest summit in Lakeland as [Pikeawassa] is so acute that only very agile walkers will be able to stand upon it".

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: adgl, AGJ64, Andrew McKillop, awall, beth, Boss_keloid, CarlandHay, CEW, chrisfry35 (x3), daleheadged, Dave Martin, drsylvester68, DukeNukem, DuncanG22, fellwalker68, fizzerfox, frothyraptor, gallowshill, gbh, gilly_3886, Ginty (x4), Glenosborne, Hannahfw (twice), JamieL, jegger, john09cw, JordWill, Mikew92 (twice), NickiG, pah800, Peterfishwick, russellporter12, ScoutScarShuffler, shane1974, spookyfish, springfishblue (twice), StevetheRover, Strangerclur, Susanna, Sylwia J Kociemba, vinmac, walsh581, and wolfgangb.

If you need accommodation we have details of 15 properties offering rooms near Steel Knotts. Here are some examples:

5 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Elder Howe, Pooley Bridge
£530-3124 per week
4.9km (3.0 miles) away, sleeps 10
2 Self Classified
The Patterdale Hotel (Choice Hotels), Patterdale
£84-94 per night
5.0km (3.1 miles) away
4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
Coach House, Pooley Bridge
£381-1587 per week
4.9km (3.0 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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