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Whin Rigg (Wasdale)

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Whin Rigg (Wasdale) is a 537-metre summit in Cumbria. It is listed among the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

The closest station is Ravenglass, 9.6 km to the south-west. Other hills nearby include Illgill Head and Boat How.

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Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

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Wast Water

Lake near Nether Wasdale

England's deepest lake, backed by the Screes and the country's highest ground, once voted the nation's favourite view.

2.7 km NE

Photo of Wasdale, a country estate near Nether Wasdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Wasdale

Country estate near Nether Wasdale

The wild Lakeland valley of Wast Water, England's deepest lake, ringed by its highest and most famous mountains

5.3 km NW

Photo of The Wasdale Head Inn, a pub in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Wasdale Head Inn

Pub near Wasdale Head

Remote inn beneath Great Gable and Scafell, hung with climbing memorabilia as the birthplace of British mountaineering.

6.3 km NE

Photo of Wasdale Head, a village in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Wasdale Head

Village

Cluster of farms at the head of Wast Water beneath Great Gable and Scafell, the birthplace of British rock climbing.

6.4 km NE · Cumbria

Photo of St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head, a church in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head

Church near Wasdale Head

One of England's smallest churches, a tiny stone chapel among yews at the head of Wast Water, remembering climbers lost on the fells.

6.4 km NE