Lake District Fells
Explore the peaks of England’s Lake District National Park.
Explore the peaks of England’s Lake District National Park.
Lake District is the largest of ten national parks in England. It was designated as a national park in 1951 and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017.
Lake District is famous for its mountainous terrain, formed by glaciers. The mountains in this area are also called "fells".
This map shows all of the Lake District fells according to the Database of British and Irish Hills .
The size of each triangle symbol corresponds to height: the larger the symbol, the taller the peak.
The color of each symbol corresponds to prominence, or drop: the darker the symbol, the more prominent the peak.
Height (h) and prominence (p)
Scafell Pike is both the highest and the most prominent mountain in England. It has a height of 978 meters, or 3,209 feet.
Scafell Pike is part of an extinct volcano which was active more than 400 million years ago. It was also shaped by glacial erosion more than 20,000 years ago.
Explore some of the other mountains in Lake District National Park! Click any fell to learn more about it.