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Great Rigg

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Great Rigg is a 766-metre mountain 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 maps in Cumbria. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

Windermere Station is 13.1 km away to the south-east. Fairfield and Stone Arthur are among the hills within 1.4 km.

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