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Photo: Yewbarrow, a 629m Lake District fell near Wasdale Head, Cumbria, north west England.

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Yewbarrow

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Yewbarrow tops out at 629 m in Cumbria. It counts 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.

Yewbarrow North Top and Red Pike (Wasdale) are among the hills within 2.3 km. The closest station is Drigg, 14.6 km to the south-west.

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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

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

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.

1.7 km E · Cumbria

Photo of Wast Water, a Lake near Nether Wasdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

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.

2.8 km S

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

4.4 km N · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

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

5.1 km W

Photo of Sprinkling Tarn, a tarn near Wasdale Head in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Sprinkling Tarn

Tarn near Wasdale Head

High beneath Great End near Sty Head, it is reputed to lie among the wettest spots in England.

5.5 km E