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Blea Rigg

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Blea Rigg rises to 542 m (1,778 ft) in Cumbria. It counts among the 214 Wainwrights, the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide charts in Cumbria. It stands inside the Lake District National Park.

The closest station is Windermere, 14.5 km to the south-east. Nearby hills include Tarn Crag (Easedale), Pavey Ark and Codale Head.

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A ladder of cascades climbing the fellside from the Langdale road up to Stickle Tarn below Pavey Ark.

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