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Symonds Knott

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Symonds Knott is a 959-metre mountain in Cumbria. It is one of the 442 Nuttalls — English and Welsh tops over 2,000 feet with at least 15 m of drop. Only two of the 436 hills the Albion Guide charts in Cumbria stand higher. It stands within the Lake District National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Ravenglass Station is 15.9 km to the south-west. Scafell and Scafell Pike are among the hills within 0.9 km.

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