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Watson's Dodd

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Watson's Dodd tops out at 789 m in Cumbria. It is one of the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It stands among the higher summits of Cumbria. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide charts in Cumbria. It stands within the Lake District National Park.

Stybarrow Dodd and Great Dodd are among the hills within 1.2 km.

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