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High Pike (Scandale)

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High Pike (Scandale) is a 657-metre mountain in Cumbria. It is listed 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, 11 km to the south. Nearby hills include Low Pike and Dove Crag.

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