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Great End

Photo: Great End, a 910m Lake District fell near Wasdale Head, Cumbria, north west England.

Great End

© Philip Halling / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Philip Halling / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Great End

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Great End is a 910-metre mountain in Cumbria. It is one of the 214 Wainwrights, and a Hewitt besides. It stands among the higher summits of Cumbria. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide maps in Cumbria. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

Nearby hills include Round How, Allen Crags and Seathwaite Fell South Top. The nearest railway station is Ravenglass, 18.4 km to the south-west.

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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

Photo of Sprinkling Tarn, a tarn near Wasdale Head in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Sprinkling Tarn

Tarn near Wasdale Head

High beneath Great End near Sty Head, it is reputed to lie among the wettest spots in England.

0.7 km N

Photo of Taylorgill Force, a waterfall near Seatoller in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Taylorgill Force

Waterfall near Seatoller

A tall, plunging fall in upper Borrowdale on the walkers' route to Sty Head and the high central fells.

2.5 km N

Photo of Borrowdale, a country estate near Stonethwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Borrowdale

Country estate near Stonethwaite

Archetypal Lakeland valley of crags and oakwoods.

2.6 km NE

Photo of Wasdale Head, a village in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Wasdale Head

Village

Cluster of farms at the head of Wast Water beneath Great Gable and Scafell, the birthplace of British rock climbing.

3.6 km W · Cumbria

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

4.3 km NW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria