The mighty Scafell Pike

Scafell Pike

Height978m (3,209ft)

Prominence912m (2,992ft)

RegionSouthern Fells

Climbed9 Times

Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England and the highest ground for over 90 miles. This leads to its popularity with a wide range of people and many charity eventers. The summit can be very busy and you may have to wait your turn to climb the Victorian platform on the summit.

“The difference between a hill and a mountain depends on appearance, not on altitude and is thus a matter of opinion. Grass predominates a hill, rock on a mountain. In the case of Scafell Pike, opinions must agree that here is a mountain without a doubt...” — Wainwright 1958, Book Three

The summit is very wide and stony and, despite being the highest ground in England, views from the very top can be obscured. Views from the edges of the plateau are much better and take in all the major groups of fells in all directions. The view of Scafell is particularly impressive.

Scafell Pike's trig pillar

The summit is actually managed by the National Trust after it was donated to them by Lord Leaconfield in 1919 in memory of those "who fell for God and King, for freedom, peace and right in the Great War"