Barf

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Barf tops out at 469 m in Cumbria. It is one of the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide maps in Cumbria. It stands inside the Lake District National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Aspatria Station is 16.1 km to the north-west. Lord's Seat and Broom Fell are among the hills within 1.9 km.

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