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Watch Hill (Cumbria)

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Watch Hill (Cumbria) tops out at 255 m in Cumbria. It is one of the 116 Wainwright Outlying Fells — the fells of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide maps in Cumbria. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

Clints Crags (Wainwright summit) and Ling Fell are among the hills within 3.8 km. The closest station is Aspatria, 9.6 km to the north.

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