Looking Stead (Pillar)

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Looking Stead (Pillar) is a 628-metre mountain in Cumbria. It counts among the 442 Nuttalls, English and Welsh tops over 2,000 feet with at least 15 m of drop. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide lists in Cumbria. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

The nearest railway station is Drigg, 17.8 km to the south-west. For more of the same, Haystacks and Pillar are close by.

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