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High Spy

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High Spy is a 653-metre mountain in Cumbria. It counts among the 214 Wainwrights, the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It stands inside the Lake District National Park. High Spy North Top and Dale Head are among the hills within 1.4 km.

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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: Hindscarth, a 727m Lake District fell near Buttermere, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Hindscarth

Wainwright · Hewitt near Buttermere

A grassy Newlands fell with a long spur running down to the valley, usually climbed with Dale Head and Robinson on a horseshoe round

1.9 km W

Photo of Ashness Bridge, a landmark near Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Ashness Bridge

Landmark near Watendlath

Perhaps the most photographed packhorse bridge in the Lakes, framing Derwentwater and Skiddaw from the Watendlath lane.

2.2 km NE

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.

2.3 km S · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo: Honister Pass, a viewpoint near Seatoller in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Honister Pass

Viewpoint near Seatoller

A dramatic road pass of slate crags and hairpins linking Borrowdale with Buttermere, one of the steepest in the Lakes.

2.9 km SW

Photo of Lodore Falls, a waterfall near Grange-in-Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Lodore Falls

Waterfall near Grange-in-Borrowdale

Borrowdale waterfall spilling through boulders behind the Lodore hotel, made famous by Robert Southey's tumbling poem.

3.9 km NE