Sergeant Man

Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Summited March 2025

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736 mWainwright — Central Fells+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km Severe in cloud

Sergeant Man at 736m (2,415ft) is the subsidiary summit of High Raise above Langdale, a rocky outcrop on the rim of the plateau with outstanding views of the Langdale valley and the Pikes below.

Summit conditions on Sergeant Man

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 10° to 4°C, gusts to 62 mph, 14.3 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

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

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 52 mph times our exposure factor of 1.22. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 62 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 (opens in new tab) 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

14.3 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 20 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 (opens in new tab)

Routes up Sergeant Man

Choose the way up before the car park: these two routes start from two places, and the last two rows give the parking and bus at each route’s own start. Full maps further down.

Compared	Langdale Pikes Round	West of Grasmere
Starts from	Great Langdale (New Dungeon Ghyll)	Grasmere Village
Distance and climb	12.12 km, 884 m of climb	15.44 km, 863 m of climb
Time, fast to steady	~3¾–5¼ h	~4½–6¼ h
Scrambling	Easy scramble: Pike of Stickle's summit rocks, up and back (km 9.1–9.3). Avoid Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark unless you're a confident scrambler — the walkers' route reaches the same summit.	Not mentioned in the route’s notes
Exposure	Moderate	Moderate
Navigation	Hard	Moderate
Steepest stretch	Climb of about 39% at 1.0 km (Severe)	Climb of about 24% at 4.8 km (Moderate)
After the summit	Over High Raise (High White Stones), Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Pike of Stickle, Loft Crag and Thorn Crag	Over Blea Rigg, Swinescar Pike and Silver How
Walked or planned	Walked by Lee, June 2024	Walked by Lee, March 2025
Car park at the start	New Dungeon Ghyll (LDNPA, paid)	Red Bank Road, Grasmere (W&F, paid)
Bus to the start	516 at the start	555, 320 m walk from Grasmere, opposite Heaton Cooper Studio

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 Sergeant Man hard to climb?

The last bit is steeper than the rest, but there is nothing on the usual paths that needs hands in the dry, though one approach has an awkward rocky step. Sergeant Man is a rocky little cone perched on the edge of High Raise's plateau, and it is a much more distinctive top than its neighbours.

Two things make it worth attention. Steep ground falls away south towards Bright Beck and Stickle Tarn, so keep back from that side in wind or cloud. And we grade the navigation on our Langdale Pikes round hard — 12.1 km with 884 m of ascent — because the plateau behind is featureless in a way the front of the Pikes never is.

How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 736 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast

Tue 27 Oct

10° / 4°

62 mph

14.3 mm (100%)

Wed 28 Oct

8° / 5°

43 mph

18.9 mm (100%)

Thu 29 Oct

8° / 6°

28 mph

0.1 mm (33%)

Fri 30 Oct

8° / 5°

29 mph

0.0 mm (23%)

Sat 31 Oct

9° / 0°

13 mph

0.0 mm (18%)

Sun 1 Nov

8° / 0°

9 mph

0.0 mm (10%)

Mon 2 Nov

6° / 0°

17 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 (opens in new tab)

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Parking & buses for Sergeant Man

Parking

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

New Dungeon Ghyll (LDNPA, paid) — 0.1 km from the start of Langdale Pikes Round (straight line)

Walking base for Sergeant Man, High Raise (High White Stones), Thunacar Knott and Pavey Ark — the 'Langdale Pikes Round' route starts 127 m away. Also serves 'Langdale Horseshoe'. Fees: pay and display at the machine; whether it takes cards is not published (the Authority's machine records, FOI/2026.500).

Directions When people arrive, and what it costs →Something changed here?

Public toilets (~133 m straight line) — Free

Red Bank Road, Grasmere (W&F, paid) — at the start of West of Grasmere

Walking base for Tarn Crag (Easedale), Codale Head, Sergeant Man and Blea Rigg — the 'West of Grasmere' route starts 6 m away. Also serves 'Helm Crag & Far Easedale'. Fees: pay and display. Charges apply 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week incl. bank holidays. The council's own page is contradictory about access outside those hours - it says both open all day and open from 8am to 8pm - so do not count on getting in before 08:00 (W&F council, checked August 2026). Fees: 1h £2.60; 2h £4.40; 3h £5.80; 4h £7.40; 6h £8.80; all day £10.60. Motorcycles free. Blue Badge: +1h free. CASHLESS - card (Visa/MasterCard/contactless) or PayByPhone 9919 only. 3/7-day passes and permits accepted (W&F council, checked August 2026).

Directions Something changed here?

Stickle Ghyll (NT, paid) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)

Walking base for Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Crag and Loft Crag — the 'Langdale Horseshoe' route starts 67 m away. Also serves 'Langdale Pikes Round'. Paid National Trust car park - the prices we used to show here came from an aggregator rather than the Trust, so we no longer publish a figure; check the machine on arrival, and members should bring their card (National Trust car-park list, checked August 2026). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged). Height barrier (community-reported). Direct start up Stickle Ghyll for the Langdale Pikes.

Typically full before 10:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 9 August 2026.

Directions Something changed here?

If it is full: Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) (1.0 km); Blea Tarn (NT, paid) (3.2 km, 93 m up)

Public toilets (~147 m straight line) — Free

3 more places to park near Sergeant Man

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)

Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes. Free for NT members (checked August 2026).

Typically full before 10:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 9 August 2026.

Directions Something changed here?

If it is full: Stickle Ghyll (NT, paid) (1.0 km, 24 m up); Great Langdale, valley road verge (free) (0.8 km) a few spaces only; Side Pike (verge) (0.8 km) a few spaces only

Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel Sticklebarn

Great Langdale, valley road verge (free) — 2.8 km from summit (straight line)

On the valley road, between the Stickle Ghyll and Old Dungeon Ghyll car parks. The 'Langdale Horseshoe' route starts 370 m away.

Directions Something changed here?

Side Pike (verge) — 3.5 km from summit (straight line)

0.9 km from Side Pike.

Directions Something changed here?

Positions are approximate.

Of the pay-and-display machine tickets sold at New Dungeon Ghyll from 17 August 2024 to 31 March 2026, 33% were bought before 10am (our count of FOI/2026.500 ticket data). Contains public sector information provided by the Lake District National Park Authority and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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 516 stops at New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, a 140 m walk from the start of Langdale Pikes Round — a route we rate Severe overall (hardest: steepness). As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Kendal (516): Tuesday to Thursday, Sunday 20:13; Friday and Saturday 22:33. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 23 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”

Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll

Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)

The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

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

Hazards on Sergeant Man

Hazard & Incident Information for Sergeant Man

Checked by Lee McCoy, 14 June 2026. Draws on published material from Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

A rocky little cone perched at the edge of High Raise's great plateau above Langdale, where gentle grassy ground meets steep drops toward Stickle Tarn and Dungeon Ghyll. The summit itself is small, but it sits amid indistinct, boggy paths and a featureless plateau that make this a genuine navigation fell — hard to follow in cloud or snow. Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team covers this ground.

Steep ground to Stickle Tarn / Dungeon Ghyll: Steep slopes fall away south to Bright Beck and Stickle Tarn, and one approach runs alongside a steep drop into Dungeon Ghyll with an awkward rocky section. Keep back from these edges, especially in wind or cloud, and take the rocky step carefully.
Indistinct paths & navigation (Codale Tarn / High Raise): The grassy paths around Codale Tarn and up from Stickle Tarn are boggy, narrow and faint, and the link onto High Raise's featureless dome offers few landmarks. In mist or snow the route is hard to follow — take and trust compass bearings to gain and leave the summit.
Exposure on the open plateau: Up here there is little shelter and the ground is exposed; in poor weather it is easy to become disorientated between Sergeant Man, High Raise and the Langdale Pikes. Don't rely on following trodden ground.

Who should attempt this fell: Sergeant Man is a charming rocky top, but it earns its 'moderate' through navigation rather than difficulty: the paths are faint and boggy and the plateau is featureless, so be confident with map and compass and set bearings before moving between summits. Keep clear of the steep edges to Stickle Tarn and Dungeon Ghyll, and treat it as serious ground in cloud, snow or strong wind.

What to watch for: Navigation errors on faint, boggy paths and the featureless plateau in cloud or snow · Slips on the steep ground toward Stickle Tarn and Dungeon Ghyll · Difficulty on the awkward rocky section of the Dungeon Ghyll-side path · Disorientation between Sergeant Man, High Raise and the Langdale Pikes

Local Mountain Rescue: Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team (opens in new tab)

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 (opens in new tab)

Navigating in cloud

Severe

Of the three things our terrain model measures, the highest reading here is the amount of near-level ground around the summit. A serious place to be caught in cloud: carry map and compass (or GPS) and know how to use them, or save it for a clear day.

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 Sergeant Man 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 (opens in new tab) (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 Sergeant Man

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

0.3 km NECodale Head732 m · Central

1.2 km NNWLow White Stones731 m · Central

1.9 km SSWThorn Crag644 m · Central

2.3 km NLining Crag542 m · Central

2.5 km ESECastle How (Raw Pike)498 m · Central

Routes over Sergeant Man

Langdale Pikes Round

Summits: Sergeant ManHigh Raise (High White Stones)Thunacar Knott Pavey Ark Harrison Stickle Pike of Stickle Loft Crag Thorn Crag

Download GPX Walked by Lee, June 2024

Best season: Any season in good conditions; the plateau behind the Pikes is featureless in cloud.

Warnings: Avoid Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark unless you're a confident scrambler — the walkers' route reaches the same summit. Boggy ground and confusing navigation on the High Raise and Sergeant Man plateau in mist. Steep, rocky ground around the Pikes. Loft Crag: The small abrupt summit stands right above Gimmer Crag, a sheer climbing buttress falling to Langdale. Keep well back from the southern edge near the top, especially in cloud or wind — and if scrambling on the south side, be aware climbers may be on the crag below. The boggy plateau has few landmarks, and the sheer drops of Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle lie close by. In mist a wrong bearing off Thunacar Knott can take you to a cliff edge. Navigate carefully by compass and know where the crag edges are before you move.

From the hazard notes for Loft Crag, each with its sources.

Route guide: Langdale Pikes Round →

West of Grasmere

Summits: Tarn Crag (Easedale)Codale HeadSergeant ManBlea Rigg Swinescar Pike Silver How

Download GPX Walked by Lee, March 2025

Picked for its light in: July, October

Warnings: Blea Rigg: Ridge-upon-ridge of rocky knolls, several tarns and a web of faint, poorly-marked paths make this a genuinely confusing place — it's not always obvious which outcrop is the summit. Carry a compass and a 1:25k map, and be deliberate about your line, especially in cloud. Silver How: The Grasmere-facing side is steep and craggy, and the lower reaches are broken — only a few lines get safely off the summit plateau. Don't improvise a descent down the craggy east side; keep to the known paths.

From the hazard notes for Blea Rigg · Silver How, each with its sources.

Route guide: West of Grasmere →

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.

On the hill: terrain and water on Sergeant Man

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Langdale Pikes Round route:

possible water source (7 m off the line) shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 6 m off the line) New Dungeon Ghyll (110 m from the start, straight line)

On the West of Grasmere route:

bus shelter (44 m off the line) Heaton Cooper Studio (227 m from the start, straight line) School (266 m from the start, straight line) Stock Lane at School (301 m from the start, straight line) campsite (486 m from the start, straight line)

Treat water from the fell before you drink it. A mapped point is not proof the water is drinkable, so carry your own or use a supply you know is safe. Never drink untreated from a beck, stream or tarn — even clear-looking hill water can carry giardia or cryptosporidium from livestock upstream and leave you seriously ill. Use a treatment method suited to what might be in the water, and follow the device’s own instructions. Boiling and ordinary filters do not make water with dissolved metals or chemicals safe: where that is possible, choose another source.

About Sergeant Man

Wainwright noted it as a fine viewpoint that many walkers visit on the way to or from High Raise, the rocky crest giving a better sense of the Langdale view than the flat summit plateau of the main fell. The views across to Harrison Stickle, Pavey Ark and the full Langdale cirque are excellent. Most naturally reached from New Dungeon Ghyll via Stickle Tarn and the Langdale Pikes.

Field notes

This is a fell that most won't go out of their way to bag. It sits above the slope above Stickle Tarn and is much friendlier a climb than its neighbour: Pavey Ark and is often visited as part of the Langdale Pikes round. I actually liked Sergeant Man as it has a relatively rocky precipice and commands great views to the east towards Easdale Tarn and over Codale Tarn and is somewhat sheltered from northerly winds. It is a good place to stop and rest - and we have on a couple of occasions.

— Lee McCoy, who walked it on 2 of our routes

My Strava hikes over Sergeant Man

2 logged hikes pass over this summit:

Sunrise Summit Stroll with Chris (opens in new tab) — 17.6 km · 850 m ascent · 4h 59m moving · 23 March 2025
8 Wainwrights today - had some catching up to do! (opens in new tab) — 14.5 km · 1013 m ascent · 4h 23m moving · 1 June 2024

Data from Strava.

Classifications & hill data

Is Sergeant Man a Wainwright?

Sergeant Man is a Wainwright. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list and the Fellranger list.

Selected lists

736 m

Height

2,415 ft

In feet

NY 2864 0889

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 Sergeant Man

The 360° skyline from Sergeant Man

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.

drag to pan · arrow keys

The skyline as a list, by direction

North: Knowe Crags (18 km), Gategill Fell Top (19 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (19 km), Skiddaw Little Man (19 km), Blencathra (19 km), Skiddaw South Top (20 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (20 km), Skiddaw (20 km), Skiddaw North Top (20 km)
North-east: Dollywaggon Pike (7 km), High Crag (7 km), Nethermost Pike (8 km), Cofa Pike (8 km), Helvellyn (8 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (8 km), St Sunday Crag (9 km), Raise (10 km), Stybarrow Dodd (12 km), Great Dodd (13 km)
East: Fairfield (8 km), Hart Crag (8 km), High Street (16 km), Rampsgill Head (16 km)
South: Swirl How (8 km), Brim Fell (10 km), The Old Man of Coniston (11 km)
South-west: Shelter Crags (5 km), Crinkle Crags (5 km), Crinkle Crags (6 km)
West: Esk Pike (5 km), Great End (6 km), Ill Crag (6 km), Broad Crag (7 km), Scafell Pike (7 km), Green Gable (7 km), Great Gable (8 km), Scafell (8 km), Pillar (12 km), Red Pike (12 km), Black Crag (12 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Snowdon (169 km, Wales), Carnedd Llewelyn (157 km, Wales), Moel Siabod (165 km, Wales), Craig Cwm Silyn (176 km, Wales), Boulsworth Hill (98 km, England), Great Whernside (80 km, England), Creigiau Gleision (158 km, Wales), Moel Eilio (168 km, Wales).

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

Sunrise and sunset on Sergeant Man

Sergeant Man sits close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its longest wait of the modelled year (at midsummer) first light is only 12 minutes after almanac sunrise, so the published sunrise time is a fair guide here.

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 light	Almanac sunrise	Difference
Midsummer	04:49 BST ±5.0 min	04:37	+12 min
Equinox	06:16 GMT ±5.0 min	06:15	+1 min
Midwinter	08:27 GMT ±5.0 min	08:33	-6 min

A low, open northern horizon — the ground falls away northwards (mean 0.48°).

Last light — when the sun leaves Sergeant Man

The evening here runs close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its earliest evening of the modelled year (at midsummer) last light is only 17 minutes before almanac sunset, so the published sunset time is a fair guide on Sergeant Man.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
	Last light	Almanac sunset	Difference
Midsummer	21:35 BST ±6.6 min	21:52	-17 min
Equinox	18:31 GMT ±5.0 min	18:26	+5 min
Midwinter	15:42 GMT ±5.0 min	15:49	-7 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 Sergeant Man

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.

70Wainwrights in view+11 marginal

153 kmFurthest sightlineCarnedd Llewelyn · possible under favourable refraction

1Sea in viewMorecambe Bay

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Wales.

Far horizons

Carnedd Llewelyn WalesSSW · 153 km clear
Ingleborough Yorkshire DalesSE · 58 km clear
Whernside Yorkshire DalesESE · 52 km clear
Morecambe Bay bay/estuaryS · 37 km in view

All 70 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Blea Rigg, Ullscarf, Rossett Pike, Helm Crag, Silver How, Lingmoor Fell (Brown How), Bowfell, Allen Crags, Esk Pike, Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Cold Pike, Great End, Stone Arthur, Seat Sandal, Heron Pike (Rydal), Great Rigg, Nab Scar, Loughrigg Fell, Scafell Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, Green Gable, Great Gable, Nethermost Pike, Fairfield, Wetherlam, Great Carrs, Scafell, Helvellyn, Swirl How, Hart Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Holme Fell, Dove Crag, Grey Friar, Black Fell, High Seat, St Sunday Crag, Raise, Brim Fell, Bleaberry Fell, Red Screes, The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), Dow Crag, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Pillar, Red Pike (Wasdale), Baystones (Wansfell), Great Dodd, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Clough Head, Thornthwaite Crag, Ill Bell, Sour Howes, Yoke, High Street, Sallows, Harter Fell (Mardale), Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Little Man, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Long Side, Ullock Pike, Skiddaw, Bannerdale Crags, Great Calva, Knott

How the view from Sergeant Man 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 Sergeant Man. 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

From Grasmere: 7 places · From Great Langdale: 3 places in Grasmere

Frequently asked questions about Sergeant Man

Is Sergeant Man hard to climb? Answered above.

Questions from Google’s “People also ask”. · Last updated 2026-08-30 · Suggest a question or correction (opens in new tab)

Sergeant Man

Summit conditions on Sergeant Man

Wind on the top

Rain, and the becks

Routes up Sergeant Man

Is Sergeant Man hard to climb?

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Parking & buses for Sergeant Man

Parking

Buses

Hazards on Sergeant Man

Hazard & Incident Information for Sergeant Man

Navigating in cloud

If you need Mountain Rescue

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Birketts within 3 km of Sergeant Man

Routes over Sergeant Man

On the hill: terrain and water on Sergeant Man

Water & shelter on the way up

About Sergeant Man

Field notes

My Strava hikes over Sergeant Man

Classifications & hill data

Is Sergeant Man a Wainwright?

Selected lists

The view from Sergeant Man

The 360° skyline from Sergeant Man

Sunrise and sunset on Sergeant Man

Last light — when the sun leaves Sergeant Man

What you can see from Sergeant Man

Places to stay near this fell

Frequently asked questions about Sergeant Man

Other fells near Sergeant Man