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774 mWainwright — North Western Fells+9 bonus Birketts within 3 km Serious in Clag

Wandope at 774m (2,539ft) is a southern arm of the Grasmoor massif, a high ridge with outstanding views of Crummock Water and the coastal plain beyond.

Summit conditions on Wandope

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 10° to 5°C, gusts to 67 mph, 7.9 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

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

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 58 mph times our exposure factor of 1.25. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 67 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

7.9 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 −1 °C, no ice or snow forecast; cloud: a clear-top reading of 31 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 Wandope

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.

The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless PikeNewlands Hause to the Coledale Tops
Starts fromLanthwaite Green (paid)Newlands Hause
Distance and climb16.17 km, 1,161 m of climb11.4 km, 1,107 m of climb
Time, fast to steady~5–7 h~4–5½ h
ScramblingEasy scramble: the last 100 m up Hopegill Head from Whiteside (km 3.5–3.6). Gasgale Crags is a narrow, airy ridge, and the last 100 m up Hopegill Head is an easy scramble — no place to slip.Not mentioned in the route’s notes
ExposureHardNot assessed
NavigationHardHard
Steepest stretchClimb of about 41% at 1.5 km (Severe)Descent of about 43% at 9.4 km (Severe)
After the summitOver Thirdgill Head Man, Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale KnottsOver Thirdgill Head Man and Whiteless Pike
Walked or plannedWalked by Lee, August 2026Planned: drawn, not yet walked
Car park at the startLanthwaite Green (paid)Newlands Hause car park (free)
Bus to the start77 at the start. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day.77, 2.2 km walk from Buttermere Youth Hostel (near). Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day.

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 →

How hard is Wandope?

The shortest way up we hold is Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops — 11.4 km, 1107 m of ascent, ~4–5½ h. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.

All axes: steepness: Severe · navigation: Hard · length: Moderate · terrain: Not assessed · exposure: Not assessed.

These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 774 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
10° / 5°
67 mph
7.9 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
8° / 5°
49 mph
8.7 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
8° / 6°
25 mph
1.9 mm (67%)
Fri 30 Oct
8° / 5°
19 mph
0.2 mm (12%)
Sat 31 Oct
7° / 2°
5 mph
4.6 mm (8%)
Sun 1 Nov
7° / 0°
13 mph
0.3 mm (2%)
Mon 2 Nov
5° / -2°
8 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 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 Wandope

Parking

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

Lanthwaite Green — 0.1 km from the start of The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike (straight line)
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water. Fees: £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Free for National Trust members (National Trust, read 28 September 2026).
Directions Something changed here?
Newlands Hause car park — at the start of Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops
At Newlands Hause, the top of the Newlands Pass road above Buttermere. The 'Knott Rigg & Ard Crags Out-and-Back from Newlands Pass' route starts here. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.
Directions Something changed here?
Knott Rigg (layby) — 2.0 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Knott Rigg (0.8 km), Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top) (0.8 km), Ard Crags (1.3 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?
3 more places to park near Wandope
Robinson (layby) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
A lay-by on the Newlands Pass road (way/585193027), 0.3 km east of the top of Newlands Hause, on the Newlands side. The 'Knott Rigg & Ard Crags Out-and-Back from Newlands Pass' and 'Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops' routes start at Newlands Hause, 0.3 km away in a straight line (this pin sits too far from the mapped paths to measure a walk). Free (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?
Crummock Water, Cinderdale Common (free) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
Roadside common by Crummock Water - Rannerdale Knotts and Whiteless Pike.
Directions Something changed here?
Ard Crags (layby) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
Nearest fells: Ard Crags (0.8 km), Scar Crags (1.3 km), Causey Pike (1.4 km). Free (OSM-tagged).
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 77 stops at Lanthwaite Green Farm (opposite), a 110 m walk from the start of The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike — a route we rate Severe overall (hardest: steepness). Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day. It returns on 22 March 2027. Confirmed with the operator: its last day on 29 August 2026, its return on 16 October 2026. As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Keswick (77): Tuesday to Sunday 18:03. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 12 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawes End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (Summer 2026 timetable: 23 March to 1 November 2026). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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 Wandope

Hazard & Incident Information for Wandope

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

Hazard: Moderate

A quiet fell on the Grasmoor–Coledale watershed with a gentle grassy top but steep, sudden edges — most strikingly the rim of Addacomb Hole, a half-crater hanging valley whose headwall drops some 210 m, which the path skirts vertiginously. Its real trap is navigation: a tempting southern spur steepens into difficult ground, and the airy Whiteless Edge runs off the other way. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team covers this Buttermere-side ground.

  • The rim of Addacomb Hole: The path runs right around the edge of Addacomb Hole, a steep half-crater with a high headwall. Keep back from the rim, especially in wind or cloud — a slip here drops into serious ground. Don't approach the lip for the view in poor visibility.
  • The southern spur (navigation trap east of Third Gill): The blunt southern spur looks like an easy way off but soon steepens into difficult ground. In cloud it is easy to set off down it by mistake instead of the intended ridge. Take a compass bearing and choose the correct arm (the western one becomes Whiteless Edge).
  • Featureless top & airy connecting ridge: The flat summit gives few cues in mist, and Whiteless Edge — the fine ridge toward Whiteless Pike — is narrow and exposed in places. Navigate deliberately and take the edge steadily in wind.
Who should attempt this fell: Wandope is gentle on top but ringed by steep ground, so keep well back from the Addacomb Hole rim and navigate carefully in cloud — the southern spur is a known wrong-turn that leads onto difficult terrain. Pick the right ridge by compass before descending, take Whiteless Edge steadily, and treat the edges as serious in winter.

What to watch for: Falls near the steep rim of Addacomb Hole · Taking the wrong, steepening southern spur as a descent in cloud · Navigation errors off the featureless summit · Slips on the airy Whiteless Edge in wind or when wet/iced

Local Mountain Rescue: Cockermouth 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

Serious in cloud

Of the three things our terrain model measures, the highest reading here is the amount of steep ground within half a kilometre of 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 Wandope 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 Wandope

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

0.5 km WSWThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western
1.0 km NNEEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
1.3 km ESEIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
1.7 km WSWLad Hows426 m · North Western
2.1 km NSand Hill756 m · North Western
2.4 km NNEHobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head)738 m · North Western
2.7 km NNWGasgale Crags703 m · North Western
2.7 km NNWWhiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)719 m · North Western
2.8 km SHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western

Routes over Wandope

The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike
Summits: Whiteside (Whiteside West Top)Whiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)Gasgale CragsHopegill HeadSand HillGrasmoorWandopeThirdgill Head ManWhiteless PikeRannerdale Knotts

If you only do one round in the North Western Fells, this is it. Grasmoor is a bigger, wilder mountain than its modest reputation suggests, and the ridge from Whiteside over Gasgale Crags to Hopegill Head is as good as ridge walking gets outside the Langdales. Whiteless Pike at the end is a perfect little peak — and a punishing descent.

Download GPX Walked by Lee, August 2026

Best season: Late spring to autumn, in clear conditions. Gasgale Crags is narrow and rocky, and Grasmoor’s summit plateau is a blank, stony expanse that is thoroughly disorientating in cloud.

Warnings: The climb straight up Whiteside from Lanthwaite is brutally steep — a relentless, loose, eroded pull with little respite. It is the hardest 500 m on this route and it comes first. Gasgale Crags is a narrow, rocky ridge. It is not a graded scramble like Sharp Edge, but the last 100 m up Hopegill Head is an easy scramble, the ridge is airy, the rock is loose in places, and it wants care in wind or wet. Grasmoor’s summit is a featureless stony plateau with crags on three sides. In cloud it is a genuine navigation trap — take a bearing before you leave the cairn. The descent off Whiteless Pike is a knee-breaker — steep, sustained and relentless, right at the end of a long day. It is one of the steepest sustained descents in the Lakes. A long day with 1,161 m of ascent and ten tops. Navigation is graded hard: the high ground is broad and the drops are real. The path runs right around the edge of Addacomb Hole, a steep half-crater with a high headwall. Keep back from the rim, especially in wind or cloud — a slip here drops into serious ground. Don't approach the lip for the view in poor visibility. Rannerdale Knotts: The ridge ends suddenly in a wall of crag and scree falling steeply to the valley by Crummock Water. Keep back from the abrupt end and the edges among the summit knolls, especially in wind or cloud — it's a small fell with a real drop. Whiteside (Whiteside West Top): The ridge towers above Gasgale Gill on a wall of crag. Keep back from the southern edge, particularly in cloud or wind where the drop comes with little warning.

From the hazard notes for Whiteside (Whiteside West Top) · Rannerdale Knotts, each with its sources.

Route guide →

Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops
Summits: Knott RiggIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)Ard CragsScar CragsSailCrag Hill (Eel Crag)Eel Crag (Birkett)WandopeThirdgill Head ManWhiteless Pike

The start is the free car park at Newlands Hause, the top of the Newlands Pass road between Buttermere and Newlands. No bus stop is mapped within about 1.5 km.

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: OpenStreetMap maps crag edges within about 5 m of the path in four places: on the ridge between Sail and Crag Hill (Scott Crag, near 5.95 km), just past the top of Crag Hill (near 6.3 km), near 7.55 km before Wandope, and on Whiteless Edge (near 8.5 km). Between about 6.7 and 7.0 km, past the Eel Crag top, the line is up to about 130 m from any mapped path. From Whiteless Pike the line goes very steeply down to Sail Beck, about 43% sustained near 9.4 km, the steepest ground of the walk, then climbs about 250 m almost as steeply to the Knott Rigg path: about 50% over 250 m near 10.7 km. The line crosses streams at two points OpenStreetMap maps as fords: below Ard Crags near 3.15 km, and Sail Beck near 10.15 km. About 4.3 km of the line, in pieces, follows paths that OpenStreetMap does not record as public rights of way; the longest are about 1.1 km from the top of Ard Crags towards Scar Crags (about 2.75 to 3.9 km), about 0.9 km from Crag Hill past the Eel Crag top (about 6.15 to 7.0 km) and about 2 km from Whiteless Pike to the Knott Rigg path (about 8.9 to 10.9 km). The rest is public footpaths. That is a map-data note, not a ruling on access: check the access land and rights of way maps before relying on this stretch.

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.

On the hill: terrain and water on Wandope

Water & shelter on the way up

On the The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike route:

shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 5 m off the line) Lanthwaite Green Farm (58 m from the start, straight line)

On the Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops route:

shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 27 m off the line)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

About Wandope

A steep grassy slope dropping into a deep valley, with a long ridge and the fells beyond under broken cloud
© Lee McCoy

Wainwright described it as giving one of the finest low-angle views of Crummock Water — the long lake spread across the valley below the fell in a beautiful composition. The ascent from Buttermere via Whiteless Pike and Whiteless Edge is excellent. Combined naturally with Whiteless Pike and Grasmoor for a fine Crummock Water circuit. The coastal views on clear days are a distinctive bonus.

Field notes

This is an unassuming fell that I don't see people talking about, probably because it's featureless. But when I was there it was actually quite busy. My view is that it's because it's relatively close to Grasmoor which is one of those flagship fells that people see can make more of a day of it by bagging this one too. I wouldn't call it a nothingburger as there are some pleasant views south east to Knott Rigg and east to Ard Crags and the valley. There's plenty of space to rest up but it is exposed and there is a lot of footfall so getting the peace and quiet that most of us crave is pretty unlikely.

— Lee McCoy, who walked it on our The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike route in August 2026

My Strava hikes over Wandope

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Data from Strava.

Classifications & hill data

Is Wandope a Wainwright?

Wandope 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
North Western
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
Hewitt
774 m
Height
2,539 ft
In feet
NY 1881 1974
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 Wandope

The 360° skyline from Wandope

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 Wandope36 labelled tops shown (12 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell Pike · 13 kmHelvellyn · 16 kmGreat End · 12 kmPillar · 8 kmRaise · 16 kmFairfield · 19 kmBlencathra · 16 kmGreat Dodd · 15 kmGrasmoor · 2 kmStybarrow Dodd · 16 kmScoat Fell · 9 kmKirk Fell · 9 kmHaycock · 10 kmGlaramara · 11 kmHigh Raise · 14 kmSand Hill · 2 kmRed Pike · 5 kmBlack Sails · 21 kmClough Head · 15 kmUllscarf · 13 kmLonscale Fell · 12 kmCross Fell · 52 km · clear daysIron Crag · 10 kmCrag Hill · 1 kmThirdgill Head Man · 0 kmHesk Fell · 25 kmGasgale Crags · 3 kmWhiteless Pike · 1 kmGreat Borne · 7 kmStanding Crag · 13 kmBlake Fell · 8 kmLining Crag · 13 kmGavel Fell · 7 kmLoweswater End · 7 kmWhoap · 11 kmWhite Hill · 65 km · clear daysScafell · 13 kmIll Crag · 13 kmBowfell · 14 kmNethermost Pike · 16 kmCatstye Cam · 16 kmBlack Crag · 8 kmHigh Stile · 5 kmRed Screes · 24 kmDale Head · 6 kmCombe Head · 11 kmLittle Gowder Crag · 10 kmHopegill Head · 2 kmHigh Crag · 6 kmCalfhow Pike · 14 kmCausey Pike · 3 kmLittle Dodd · 6 kmCarling Knott · 7 kmCrag Fell · 10 kmMellbreak North Top · 4 kmGavel Fell · 7 kmBanna Fell · 8 kmDent · 16 kmHigh Rigg · 12 kmSlieve Donard · 178 km · a handful of days a yearBroad Law · 104 km · a rare clear daySnaefell · 85 km · a rare clear dayTinto · 117 km · a rare clear daySlieve Croob · 178 km · a handful of days a yearIngleborough · 71 km · a rare clear dayGreen Lowther · 97 km · a rare clear dayMoel y Gamelin · 173 km · a handful of days a yearDivis · 179 km · a handful of days a yearEttrick Pen · 88 km · a rare clear dayCairn Table · 114 km · a rare clear dayAgnew's Hill · 175 km · a handful of days a year
The skyline as a list, by direction
  • North-east: Knowe Crags (14 km), Gategill Fell Top (15 km), Blencathra (16 km), Atkinson Pike (16 km)
  • East: Watson's Dodd (15 km), White Side (15 km), Great Dodd (15 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (16 km), Stybarrow Dodd (16 km), Raise (16 km), Helvellyn (16 km), Nethermost Pike (16 km), Catstye Cam (16 km), High Crag (17 km)
  • South-east: Glaramara (11 km), Looking Steads (11 km), High Raise (14 km), Bowfell (14 km), Dollywaggon Pike (17 km), Cofa Pike (19 km), Fairfield (19 km), Great Rigg (19 km), Wetherlam (21 km), Red Screes (24 km)
  • South: High Stile (5 km), Pillar (8 km), Black Crag (8 km), Scoat Fell (9 km), Kirk Fell (9 km), Great Gable (10 km), Great End (12 km), Broad Crag (12 km), Scafell Pike (13 km), Ill Crag (13 km), Esk Pike (13 km), Scafell (13 km), Pike de Bield (14 km)
  • South-west: High Stile (5 km), Haycock (10 km)
  • North-west: Grasmoor (2 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Slieve Donard (178 km, Ireland), Broad Law (104 km, Scotland), Snaefell (85 km, Isle of Man), Tinto (117 km, Scotland), South Barrule (103 km, Isle of Man), Slieve Croob (178 km, Ireland), Ingleborough (71 km, England), Green Lowther (97 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 Wandope

Wandope sits close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its longest wait of the modelled year (at midsummer) first light is only 10 minutes after almanac sunrise, so the published sunrise time is a fair guide here.

0°30°40°50°60°04:47
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
Midsummer04:47 BST ±5.0 min04:37+10 min
Equinox06:16 GMT ±5.0 min06:16—
Midwinter08:29 GMT ±5.0 min08:34-5 min

The northern horizon stands at about 1.58° from here.

Last light — when the sun leaves Wandope

Wandope loses the sun early. Its earliest evening of the modelled year falls on 1 June, when last light is 29 minutes before almanac sunset — 21:10 against 21:39. The sun goes down to the north-west from here (306.4°), and the skyline on that bearing stands at 2.88°.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
Last lightAlmanac sunsetDifference
Midsummer21:26 BST ±5.0 min21:54-28 min
Equinox18:33 GMT ±5.0 min18:27+6 min
Midwinter15:57 GMT ±5.0 min15:49+8 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 Wandope

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
76Wainwrights in view+7 marginal
183 kmFurthest sightlineSlieve Binnian · possible under favourable refraction
2Sea in viewIrish Sea, Solway Firth

On the clearest days the view reaches across to the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.

Far horizons
  • Slieve Binnian Northern IrelandWSW · 183 km clear
  • Slieve Donard Northern IrelandWSW · 178 km clear
  • Snaefell Isle of ManWSW · 85 km clear
  • Ingleborough Yorkshire DalesSE · 72 km clear
  • Whernside Yorkshire DalesSE · 67 km clear
  • Great Dun Fell North PenninesENE · 54 km clear
  • Cross Fell North PenninesENE · 52 km clear
  • Solway Firth bay/estuaryNNW · 39 km in view
  • Irish Sea open waterWNW · 27 km in view
All 76 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Sail, Whiteless Pike, Knott Rigg, Grasmoor, Ard Crags, Hopegill Head, Robinson, Causey Pike, Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top), Hindscarth, Red Pike (Buttermere), Maiden Moor, High Stile, Dale Head, Cat Bells (Catbells), High Crag (Buttermere), High Spy, Fleetwith Pike, Hen Comb, Starling Dodd, Haystacks (Buttermere), Great Borne, Gavel Fell, Grey Knotts, Pillar, Blake Fell, Burnbank Fell, Brandreth, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Walla Crag, Kirk Fell, Green Gable, Great Gable, Bleaberry Fell, Haycock, High Seat, Crag Fell, Glaramara, Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top), Eagle Crag, Lingmell, Grike, Great End, Sergeant's Crag, Allen Crags, Lonscale Fell, High Rigg (Naddle Fell), Lank Rigg, Scafell Pike, Ullscarf, Esk Pike, Scafell, High Raise (High White Stones), Bowfell, Watson's Dodd, Clough Head, White Side, Pavey Ark, Great Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Harrison Stickle, Raise, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Catstye Cam, Dollywaggon Pike, Seat Sandal, Pike of Blisco, Bowscale Fell, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Wetherlam, Great Mell Fell, Red Screes

How the view from Wandope 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 Wandope. 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 Wandope

Is Wandope worth climbing?

For the top itself, not especially — it is quiet grass on the Grasmoor to Coledale watershed and it does not look like much. For one feature, absolutely: the rim of Addacomb Hole, a half-crater hanging valley bitten out of the fell’s side, and the view into it, from the path and well back from the edge, is worth the detour on its own.

That edge is also the warning. Gentle grassy top, sudden steep edges, so this is a fell to keep well back on in cloud. Our round with Grasmoor and its neighbours is 16.2 km with 1161 m of ascent, which we rate Severe overall for its steepness.

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