Loadpot Hill

Loadpot Hill

Height672m (2,205ft)

Prominence49m (161ft)

RegionFar Eastern Fells

Climbed2 Times

Loadpot Hill forms the final significant high point on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells before the terrain begins to slope away toward Penrith and the River Eamont. As the High Street range proceeds northwards, it develops a noticeably broader, buxom girth, nowhere more manifest than in the expansive, moorland slopes of this fell.

"After the narrow-waisted Straights of Riggindale, the High Street Range develops a buxom girth as it proceeds north. The eastern slopes descend gradually covering a considerable tract of moorland that is intersected by a succession of deep-cut gills. Nowhere is this characteristic manifest more than in Loadpot Hill." — A. Wainwright

The fell and its surrounding ridges encompass an impressive tract of roughly 12 square miles. The broad, heather-clad slopes eventually settle into a wide depression at Moor Divock—a site of deep historical fascination featuring ancient tumuli, standing stones, and stone circles—before rising once more to the independent summit of Heughscar Hill.

The trig pillar on Loadpot Hill

The summit is topped by a functional Ordnance Survey trig pillar. From this high point, walkers are rewarded with an extensive, panoramic Lakeland view looking westward, while the distant, quieter profile of the Pennines defines the eastern horizon.

Trip Reports

A Fusedale Round07/05/2016

The East Martindale Fells05/04/2014

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