There is a cairn and remains of a shelter near the summit, but the highest point is a few metres away on the north east side of the wall across the summit.[1]
Whinfell Beacon can form part of a 19 kilometres (12 mi) walk starting from the A685 road 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Tebay, climbing Grayrigg Forest (with an optional extension to Grayrigg Pike), and following the ridge south of Borrowdale over Birk Fell, Castle Fell and Mabbin Crag, west as far as the A6 until dropping into the valley for the return.[4]
It is one of three summits, along with Grayrigg Forest and Winterscleugh, added to the list of Fellrangers in the new edition (2019-2021) of Mark Richards' eight volumes of guidebooks and bringing the total to 230.[5] They were included after the boundary of the Lake District National Park was extended in 2019, adding them to the national park.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcde"Whinfell Beacon". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^Richards, Mark (2020). "Winterscleugh". Walking the Lake District Fells - Mardale and the Far East: High Street and Kentmere. Cicerone Press. pp. 266–274. ISBN978-1-78362-813-1. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^"Whinfell Beacon". The Mountain Guide. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^"Open Access Walks: Whinfell Ridge" (PDF). Cumbria County Council. 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^"Lake District fells hiking guides". Cicerone Press. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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whinfell, beacon, hill, metres, south, lakeland, cumbria, england, east, lake, district, east, lake, district, national, park, since, national, park, expansion, 2019, east, road, west, motorway, south, borrowdale, westmorland, better, known, borrowdale, centra. Whinfell Beacon is a hill of 472 metres 1 549 ft in South Lakeland Cumbria England to the east of the Lake District 1 2 3 It is in the far east of the Lake District National Park since the national park s expansion in 2019 It is east of the A6 road and west of the M6 motorway south of Borrowdale Westmorland not the better known Borrowdale in the central lake district and east of the upper reaches of the River Mint Whinfell BeaconCairn and shelter near the summit 2006Highest pointElevation472 m 1 549 ft 1 Prominence78 m 256 ft 1 Parent peakGrayrigg ForestListingTump FellrangerCoordinates54 23 47 N 2 39 30 W 54 396342 N 2 658399 W 54 396342 2 658399GeographyWhinfell BeaconLake District EnglandOS gridNY573003Topo mapOS Landranger 91 There is a cairn and remains of a shelter near the summit but the highest point is a few metres away on the north east side of the wall across the summit 1 Whinfell Beacon can form part of a 19 kilometres 12 mi walk starting from the A685 road 3 5 miles 5 6 km south of Tebay climbing Grayrigg Forest with an optional extension to Grayrigg Pike and following the ridge south of Borrowdale over Birk Fell Castle Fell and Mabbin Crag west as far as the A6 until dropping into the valley for the return 4 It is one of three summits along with Grayrigg Forest and Winterscleugh added to the list of Fellrangers in the new edition 2019 2021 of Mark Richards eight volumes of guidebooks and bringing the total to 230 5 They were included after the boundary of the Lake District National Park was extended in 2019 adding them to the national park 1 References edit a b c d e Whinfell Beacon www hill bagging co uk Retrieved 8 February 2021 Richards Mark 2020 Winterscleugh Walking the Lake District Fells Mardale and the Far East High Street and Kentmere Cicerone Press pp 266 274 ISBN 978 1 78362 813 1 Retrieved 8 February 2021 Whinfell Beacon The Mountain Guide Retrieved 8 February 2021 Open Access Walks Whinfell Ridge PDF Cumbria County Council 2011 Retrieved 8 February 2021 Lake District fells hiking guides Cicerone Press Retrieved 8 February 2021 nbsp This Cumbria location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Whinfell Beacon amp oldid 1082186121, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
