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7. The WESTERN FELLS

The Central Fells • 4

THE FELLS IN THIS AREA: ARMBOTH FELL •  BLEA RIGG • BLEABERRY FELL • CALF CRAG • EAGLE CRAG • GIBSON KNOTT • GRANGE FELL • GREAT CRAG • HARRISON STICKLE • HELM CRAG • HIGH RAISE • HIGH RIGG • HIGH SEAT • HIGH TOVE • LOFT CRAG • LOUGHRIGG FELL • PAVEY ARK • PIKE O'STICKLE • RAVEN CRAG • SERGEANT MAN • SERGEANT'S CRAG • SILVER HOW • STEEL FELL • TARN CRAG • THUNACAR KNOTT • ULLSCARF • WALLA CRAG

SERGEANT MAN
Height: 2414, (736m)
Grid reference: NY 286089

Though not really a separate fell (there is not much of a re-ascent when approached from High Raise), the rocky top of Sergeant Man is prominent from many angles, (many fells were named from the viewpoint of people down below). There is a stream not about a hundred yards from the cairn and Wainwright even suggests that the summit would be a good place for a bivouac.

When approached from Grasmere via Easdale Tarn, the outcrop of Belles Knott is very striking. It's sometimes referred to as the Matterhorn of Easedale, but is only really seen as such from this approach.

To the NE of the summit is the lower top of Codale Head (NY 289091), sometimes included in peakbaggers' lists with it's greater reascent, and below this is the fine Codale Tarn, an excellent camp spot if you can find a level piece of ground.

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SERGEANT'S CRAG
Height: 1873', (571m)
Grid Ref: NY 274114

SILVER HOW
Height: 1294', (395m)
Grid Ref: NY 325066

STEEL FELL
Height: 1812', (553m)
Grid Ref: NY 319111

Dead Pike

TARN CRAG
Height: 1807', (551m)
Grid Ref: NY 303094

Note: There is another Tarn Crag in the Eastern Fells, also (Stickle) Tarn Crag

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THUNACAR KNOTT
Height: 2372' (723m) (Wainwright has 2351', which refers to the northern cairn, but also mentions the southern cairn as  2362')
Grid Ref: NY 279080

The summit of Thunacar Knott is little more than a bump on plateau which stretches from Harrison Stickle to High Raise. It's been treated a little unfairly by guidebook writers (Wainwright included) because it's greatest feature - Pavey Ark - is conventionally treated as a separate fell. However, it would be a shame for anyone who had reached the top of Pavey Ark not to make the five minute stroll to summit of Thunacar Knott. There are two cairns - the highest is south of the small summit tarn, situated amongst a jumble of stones which provide somewhere to sit (most of the surrounding area being grass).

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ULLSCARF
Height: 2382', (726m)
Grid Ref: NY 292122

WALLA CRAG
Height: 1243', (379m)
Grid Ref: NY 277213

Walla Crag is not really a fell in the true sense, the summit being the highest point on a mile-long escarpment which terminates the broad north western shoulder of Bleaberry Fell. But it's a very popular viewpoint which can be reached with little effort, (even when combined with a visit to the nearby Castlerigg Stone Circle); indeed, many who visit Walla Crag probably wouldn't consider themselves as fellwalkers, and few will carry on to Bleaberry Fell, the logical exension. But it's not hard to see why. On a summer's day it's very hard to drag yourself away from this summit with it's spectacular views down to Derwent Water and the fells beyond.(Ken Russell's film of the Who's Tommy opens with Ann-Margret and Robert Powell having a picnic on the summit of Walla Crag).

The summit of Walla Crag Skiddaw and Keswick behind

 

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