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702 mWainwright — Northern Fells+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km Fewer traps in Clag

Bowscale Fell at 702m (2,303ft) is a broad summit above Mungrisdale, its eastern face concealing one of Lakeland's most atmospheric tarns — Bowscale Tarn, set in a dark corrie below the fell's north-east face.

Summit conditions on Bowscale Fell

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 11° to 4°C, gusts to 52 mph, 16.6 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Against our lines, Tuesday 27 October: wind, cold and cloud from the Met Office UKV 2 km model (daylight hours, as in the verdict above); rain from the summit line’s forecast (the whole day). A tile is large when this top is past its line.

Wind on the top

Past the line

56 mph, our estimate for the open top in the worst daylight hour

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 47 mph times our exposure factor of 1.2. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 52 mph, before any exposure factor.

The line Our line: 25 mph, where our wind Scale begins its 25–35 band: “balance affected; buffeting on exposed ground”. MWIS describes what wind does to a walker across a range rather than at a line: from about 20–25 mph it starts to affect your balance.

Estimated: it is not calibrated against summit readings, and the two forecasts can disagree by more than a band.

Rain, and the becks

Past the line

16.6 mm of rain over the whole day, midnight to midnight

The same figure as the summit line above and the 7-day forecast.

The line Our line: 6 mm in the day, where our scorer counts a day as soaking. We read rainfall, never river levels: becks in spate.

Open-Meteo’s forecast. It says nothing about rain already in the ground.

Also checked cold: feels like 0 °C, no ice or snow forecast; cloud: a clear-top reading of 37 out of 100, over our in-cloud line of 20. Under a line is not the same as fine: it means only that these figures are under the lines we use.

Not in these tiles Lightning, river levels, snow or ice already lying, and the ground under your feet. A tile cannot see them, so an empty space here never means they are absent.

Snow figures with a second opinion: Powered by Met Office data

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

Wainwrights are scored for walking conditions each morning from the Met Office’s UK forecast model, read for each summit through Open-Meteo; the forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Routes up Bowscale Fell

Both start from Mungrisdale village hall (paid); the last two rows give its parking and bus. Full maps further down.

Blencathra to Mungrisdale Common and over the backThe Tongue Birkett
Starts fromMungrisdale village hall (paid)Mungrisdale village hall (paid)
Distance and climb17.59 km, 1,011 m of climb9.4 km, 629 m of climb
Time, fast to steady~5–7 h~2¾–4 h
ScramblingNot mentioned in the route’s notesNot mentioned in the route’s notes
ExposureModerateNot assessed
NavigationModerateHard
Steepest stretchDescent of about 30% at 16.9 km (Hard)Climb of about 46% at 1.6 km (Severe)
After the summitOver Tarn Crags Top (Bowscale Fell East Top)No further tops
Walked or plannedWalked by Lee, May 2026Planned: drawn, not yet walked
Car park at the startMungrisdale village hall (paid)Mungrisdale village hall (paid)
Bus to the start509, 3.2 km walk from Mungrisdale, adjacent to Road End509, 3.2 km walk from Mungrisdale, adjacent to Road End

Times run from fast to steady pace (Naismith’s rule). Scrambling quotes each route’s own notes; “not mentioned” means they do not say, not that the ground has none. Each route’s page has its map, stages and GPX.

Distance, climb and the steepest stretch are measured from each route’s GPX track; the other grades are set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap, and each route page says which. How we check →

Is Bowscale Fell a hard walk?

The western slopes are smooth and gentle. The eastern side is a different fell: craggy ground cradling Bowscale Tarn, the dark corrie lake that is the real reason to come here; neither of our routes climbs the steep path to the col above it.

Our shorter round over it is 9.4 km with 629 m of ascent; taken with Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common it is 17.6 km and 1011 m. Neither asks anything technical, though the Blencathra round comes down the east ridge over Raven Crags, which is steep and slippery. If you do take the climb to the col above Bowscale Tarn, it is steep on a loose stone path, with hands on rock in places.

How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 702 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
11° / 4°
52 mph
16.6 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
8° / 5°
45 mph
7.3 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
9° / 6°
24 mph
0.4 mm (2%)
Fri 30 Oct
9° / 5°
21 mph
0.0 mm (11%)
Sat 31 Oct
10° / -2°
5 mph
0.0 mm (21%)
Sun 1 Nov
7° / -2°
8 mph
0.0 mm (12%)
Mon 2 Nov
6° / 0°
13 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Parking & buses for Bowscale Fell

Parking

Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.

Mungrisdale village hall (paid) — at the start of Blencathra to Mungrisdale Common and over the back and The Tongue Birkett
For Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell and The Tongue. A sign at the village hall asks £4 per day, paid into a collection slot in the hall's gable wall, and says cars are parked at the owner's risk (Lee's photo, 29 September 2026).
Parking sign at Mungrisdale village hall: £4 per day, cars parked at the owner's risk
Parking sign at Mungrisdale village hall: £4 per day, cars parked at the owner's risk Taken September 2026
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: Mosedale / Bowscale (verge) (3.7 km, 153 m up)
Mosedale / Bowscale (verge, west) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Not suitable for ordinary cars: the Caldew valley road west of the Mosedale / Bowscale verge has very large potholes (seen 29 September 2026). In a 4x4, expect deep potholes and drive slowly. Verge parking on the Caldew valley road, 1.2 km west of the other Mosedale / Bowscale verge - for Carrock Fell, Round Knott and the back o' Skiddaw fells. Fee and capacity are unknown: this is a location Lee supplied, not a survey.
Directions Something changed here?
Roadside parking for Round Knott (free) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Not suitable for ordinary cars: the Caldew valley road west of the Mosedale / Bowscale verge has very large potholes (seen 29 September 2026). In a 4x4, expect deep potholes and drive slowly. Approx 6 spaces. 1.2 km from Round Knott. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.
Directions Something changed here?
3 more places to park near Bowscale Fell
Mosedale / Bowscale (verge) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Verge parking for Carrock Fell and the back o' Skiddaw fells via the Caldew valley.
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: Mungrisdale village hall (paid) (3.7 km, 158 m up); Mungrisdale (verge, by the village hall) (4.0 km, 175 m up); Roadside parking for The Tongue (free) (2.2 km, 77 m up) a few spaces only
Tarn Crags Top, north-east (layby) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Tarn Crags Top (Bowscale Fell East Top) (1.4 km), Carrock Fell (1.4 km), Round Knott (1.9 km). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?
Round Knott (layby) — 2.2 km from summit (straight line)
Not suitable for ordinary cars: the Caldew valley road west of the Mosedale / Bowscale verge has very large potholes (seen 29 September 2026). In a 4x4, expect deep potholes and drive slowly. 1.3 km from Round Knott.
Directions Something changed here?

Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The 509, X4 and X5 stop at Mungrisdale, adjacent to Road End. From there it is 3.2 km and 76 m of ascent to the start of Blencathra to Mungrisdale Common and over the back — a route we rate Hard overall (hardest: distance and steepness) — a walk in before the walk. And the same back: about 23.9 km in all, with the walk. As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Hartsop road end (509): Tuesday to Sunday 17:07 to Patterdale Hotel, 14:42 to Hartsop road end. Towards Penrith (X5): Tuesday to Saturday 22:11; Sunday 18:38. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 7 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 509
Penrith ↔ Keswick around Ullswater — calls at Pooley Bridge, Watermillock, Glenridding, Patterdale, Hartsop, Dockray, Matterdale, Mungrisdale and Threlkeld
Catch it from: Penrith · Keswick
The Ullswater side of the Penrith–Keswick corridor, and a second option where we previously showed only the 508. Reaches Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from Glenridding, Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes from Patterdale, the Hartsop fells, and Gowbarrow from Dockray. Frequency and season for the whole service are not listed here; where a stop's times have been checked, they are given above with the date. Note the Troutbeck on this route is the one on the A66 near Penrith, not the Troutbeck near Windermere.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Bowscale Fell

Hazard & Incident Information for Bowscale Fell

Checked by Lee McCoy, . Draws on published material from Keswick Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

A rounded Northern Fell above Mungrisdale with smooth western slopes but a craggy eastern side cradling the dark corrie lake of Bowscale Tarn. The ascent to the col above the tarn is steep and loose with a hands-on section, the long eastern ridge ends in the steep Raven Crags, and the high plateau (toward Mungrisdale Common) is a navigation trap. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team covers this ground.

  • Steep, loose path by Bowscale Tarn & eastern crags: The climb to the col above Bowscale Tarn is steep on a loose stone path, needing hand-on-rock in places, and the eastern side breaks into crags around the tarn's corrie. Take the loose ground carefully and keep back from the crag edges above the tarn.
  • Raven Crags descent: The long eastern ridge to Mungrisdale steepens over Raven Crags, where the path is steep and slippery even in fine weather. Take this descent carefully and on the right line.
  • Featureless plateau navigation: The broad top, and especially the link toward Mungrisdale Common, is featureless and boggy — easy to lose your line in cloud. Navigate by compass and don't drift toward the eastern crags.
Who should attempt this fell: Bowscale Fell is gentle on its western side but craggy and loose on the east — take the steep stony path by Bowscale Tarn and the Raven Crags descent carefully, keep back from the corrie edges, and navigate the featureless plateau by compass in cloud. Treat the steep eastern ground as serious in winter.

What to watch for: Slips on the steep, loose path by Bowscale Tarn and on Raven Crags · Walkers straying onto the eastern crags around the corrie · Navigation errors on the featureless plateau in cloud · Winter ice on the steep eastern ground

Local Mountain Rescue: Keswick Mountain Rescue Team

Safety: Always check current conditions, carry proper navigation equipment, and seek qualified instruction before heading onto the fells. In an emergency, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Report incorrect information

Navigating in cloud

Fewer traps in cloud

Of the three things our terrain model measures, the highest reading here is the amount of near-level ground around the summit. This top is in the lowest of the index’s four bands, and a low band never means “safe”: carry map and compass and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Bowscale Fell compares with all 214: the Clag Index (experimental).

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (read 26 October 2026).

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Bowscale Fell

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

0.9 km NETarn Crags Top (Bowscale Fell East Top)665 m · Northern
1.5 km ESEThe Tongue553 m · Northern
2.4 km SSWAtkinson Pike (Foule Crag)845 m · Northern
2.7 km SScales Fell682 m · Northern
2.9 km SDoddick Fell742 m · Northern

Routes over Bowscale Fell

Blencathra to Mungrisdale Common and over the back
Summits: Souther FellScales FellDoddick FellBlencathra - Hallsfell TopAtkinson Pike (Foule Crag)Mungrisdale CommonBannerdale CragsBowscale FellTarn Crags Top (Bowscale Fell East Top)

Download GPX Walked by Lee, May 2026

Warnings: Mungrisdale Common: The flat, near-featureless top has an indistinct path over rocky, boggy ground; in cloud you really must concentrate on navigation. The Cloven Stone is a useful checkpoint — but note it sits right on the edge of steepening ground. Carry map and compass and trust your bearings. Bannerdale Crags: The plateau ends suddenly at the curving line of crags. Keep back from the rim, especially in cloud or wind where the gentle top gives little warning of the drop.

From the hazard notes for Mungrisdale Common · Bannerdale Crags, each with its sources.

Route guide →

The Tongue Birkett
Summits: The TongueBowscale Fell

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: Part of the way back is closed until 17 January 2027. The National Park Authority has closed public footpath 348 013 in Bannerdale between Bannerdale Beck and its junction with footpath 348 012, where riverbank erosion and landslips have left the path extremely narrow. This route walks that section after the stepping stones (about 7.2 to 8.2 km). The Authority's notice shows a waymarked alternative on its plan: follow the signs on the day (National Park Authority notice, checked 30 September 2026). The climb to The Tongue is largely pathless — rough grass and bracken with only intermittent sheep-trods. The plotted line is a guide, not a path; navigation needs care in mist.

Route guide →

Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.

About Bowscale Fell

A grassy path over a smooth, rolling top, with farmland and a distant plain beyond
© Lee McCoy

The ascent from Mungrisdale via the tarn path is an excellent short outing. The views from the summit across to Blencathra and east to the Pennines are very fine.

My Strava hikes over Bowscale Fell

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Data from Strava.

Classifications & hill data

Is Bowscale Fell a Wainwright?

Bowscale Fell is a Wainwright. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list, the Nuttall list, the Fellranger list and the Hewitt list.

Selected lists

Wainwright
Northern
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
Hewitt
702 m
Height
2,303 ft
In feet
NY 3333 3054
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

The summit is also a Birkett.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

The view from Bowscale Fell

The 360° skyline from Bowscale Fell

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from Bowscale Fell36 labelled tops shown (15 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWHelvellyn · 16 kmSkiddaw · 7 kmPillar · 25 kmSkiddaw Little Man · 7 kmGrasmoor · 19 kmAtkinson Pike · 2 kmSt Sunday Crag · 18 kmBroad End · 7 kmHigh Street · 22 kmHigh Stile · 23 kmStony Cove Pike · 22 kmLow Raise · 21 kmDoddick Fell · 3 kmKnott · 4 kmGreat Calva · 4 kmScales Fell · 3 kmBakestall · 7 kmLoadpot Hill · 18 kmScar Crags · 16 kmHigh Pike · 5 kmGreat Sca Fell · 5 kmCross Fell · 36 km · clear daysKnowe Crags · 4 kmTarn Crags Top · 1 kmCarrock Fell · 3 kmCoomb Height · 3 kmHare Stones · 4 kmGreat Lingy Hill · 4 kmMiton Hill · 4 kmRound Knott · 3 kmBurn Tod · 6 kmThe Tongue · 2 kmGreat Mell Fell · 8 kmSouther Fell · 3 kmSighty Crag · 57 km · clear daysHeughscar Hill · 17 kmSkiddaw South Top · 8 kmFairfield · 19 kmRampsgill Head · 21 kmThornthwaite Crag · 23 kmRed Screes · 23 kmHopegill Head · 17 kmRobinson · 19 kmWether Hill · 18 kmBlencathra · 3 kmGategill Fell Top · 4 kmClough Head · 8 kmLonscale Fell · 6 kmSale How · 6 kmMiller Moss · 4 kmSwarth Fell · 16 kmLittle Mell Fell · 11 kmGowk Hill · 18 kmWisp Hill · 69 km · clear daysRoan Fell · 64 km · clear daysEycott Hill · 5 kmKnipescar Common · 22 kmLittle Eycott Hill · 5 kmCold Fell · 37 km · clear daysLarriston Fells · 66 km · clear daysWhite Hill · 60 km · clear daysGrange Fell · 52 km · clear daysCairnsmore of Carsphairn · 100 km · a rare clear dayThe Cheviot · 107 km · a rare clear dayCairnsmore of Fleet · 91 km · a rare clear dayTinto · 111 km · a rare clear dayGreen Lowther · 92 km · a rare clear dayWhite Coomb · 86 km · a rare clear dayCairnharrow · 84 km · a rare clear dayCauldcleuch Head · 71 km · a rare clear dayTosson Hill · 95 km · a rare clear dayDun Rig · 101 km · a rare clear dayBlackcraig Hill · 102 km · a rare clear dayBuckden Pike · 81 km · a rare clear dayPeel Fell · 75 km · a rare clear dayHoove · 71 km · a rare clear dayKirkland Hill · 105 km · a rare clear day
The skyline as a list, by direction
  • South-east: High Raise (21 km), Rampsgill Head (21 km), Kidsty Pike (21 km), High Street (22 km), Thornthwaite Crag (23 km), Ill Bell (25 km)
  • South: Atkinson Pike (2 km), Great Dodd (10 km), Green Side (12 km), Raise (13 km), White Side (14 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (15 km), Helvellyn (16 km), St Sunday Crag (18 km), Gavel Pike (18 km), Cofa Pike (19 km), Fairfield (19 km), Stony Cove Pike (22 km), Red Screes (23 km)
  • South-west: Skiddaw Lesser Man (7 km), Grisedale Pike (16 km), Sail (17 km), Hopegill Head (17 km), Crag Hill (17 km), Eel Crag (17 km), Wandope (18 km), Grasmoor (19 km), High Stile (23 km), High Stile (23 km), Pillar (25 km), Steeple (26 km), Scoat Fell (26 km), Red Pike (26 km), Haycock (27 km)
  • West: Skiddaw Little Man (7 km), Broad End (7 km), Skiddaw (7 km), Skiddaw North Top (7 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (8 km), Skiddaw South Top (8 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (100 km, Scotland), The Cheviot (107 km, England), Cairnsmore of Fleet (91 km, Scotland), Lamachan Hill (101 km, Scotland), Tinto (111 km, Scotland), Green Lowther (92 km, Scotland), White Coomb (86 km, Scotland), Queensberry (77 km, Scotland).

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills v18.4 (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

Sunrise and sunset on Bowscale Fell

Bowscale Fell catches the sun before the valley does. On not one of the sixteen dates modelled does this summit wait for first light — the eastern horizon falls away rather than standing over you, and at midsummer the light reaches it 7 minutes before almanac sunrise.

0°30°40°50°60°04:29
Midsummer. The filled shape is the skyline as seen from the summit; the line is the sun’s path. Where they meet is first light — everything left of that point is the wait.
Times for 2026, in Lakeland clock time (GMT in winter, BST in summer) — and model outputs rather than observations.
First lightAlmanac sunriseDifference
Midsummer04:29 BST ±5.0 min04:36-7 min
Equinox06:14 GMT ±5.0 min06:15-1 min
Midwinter08:30 GMT ±5.0 min08:34-4 min

A low, open northern horizon — the ground falls away northwards (mean -0.45°).

Last light — when the sun leaves Bowscale Fell

The evening here runs close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its earliest evening of the modelled year (on 1 March) last light is only 13 minutes before almanac sunset, so the published sunset time is a fair guide on Bowscale Fell.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
Last lightAlmanac sunsetDifference
Midsummer21:58 BST ±5.0 min21:53+5 min
Equinox18:28 GMT ±5.0 min18:26+2 min
Midwinter15:49 GMT ±5.0 min15:48+1 min

These are daylight figures, not a descent plan: the light goes on fading for a good while after the sun leaves, and going down in it is a decision about your own ground and party, not about this table.

What you can see from Bowscale Fell

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
64Wainwrights in view+7 marginal
50 kmFurthest sightlineCriffel
1Sea in viewSolway Firth

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Scotland.

Far horizons
  • Criffel ScotlandNW · 50 km clear
  • Great Dun Fell North PenninesE · 38 km distant
  • Solway Firth bay/estuaryNNW · 38 km in view
  • Cross Fell North PenninesE · 35 km clear
All 64 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Carrock Fell, Great Calva, Knott, High Pike (Caldbeck), Lonscale Fell, Bakestall, Skiddaw Little Man, Skiddaw, Clough Head, Great Mell Fell, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Hart Side, Little Mell Fell, Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), Raise, White Side, Hallin Fell, Causey Pike, Place Fell, Helvellyn, Grisedale Pike, Scar Crags, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, Beda Fell (Beda Head), Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts), Sail, Hopegill Head, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), St Sunday Crag, Knott Rigg, Wandope, Hindscarth, Wether Hill, The Nab, Grasmoor, Brock Crags (Wainwright), Fairfield, Robinson, Steel Fell (Dead Pike - Steel Fell), Rest Dodd, Hartsop Dodd, High Raise (High Street), The Knott (High Street), Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, High Street, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), High Crag (Buttermere), Thornthwaite Crag, Red Screes, High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere), Froswick, Pillar, Ill Bell, Steeple, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Red Pike (Wasdale), Haycock

How the view from Bowscale Fell compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

How the skyline, light and sightlines are computed

Computed, not photographed. First light is the first minute the sun’s upper limb clears this summit’s own skyline and last light the last minute it is still clear of it, both solved against the 360° horizon profile behind The View from Bowscale Fell. Almanac sunrise and sunset are the flat-horizon convention. Every time carries a ± band from the 30 m elevation model — it smooths arêtes and cornices, so nothing here claims better than five minutes.

Sightlines from the Copernicus GLO-30 elevation model, which is a surface model: each 30 m cell holds the top of whatever stands there, trees and buildings included, rather than bare ground. Corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Places to stay near this fell

We have not stayed at any of them. We take no bookings or affiliate fees. Distances are straight lines from each route start, never walking times. Properties found via OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions about Bowscale Fell

Is Bowscale Fell a hard walk? Answered above.

Questions from Google’s “People also ask”. · Last updated 2026-08-30 · Suggest a question or correction

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