Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Place Fell
Height: 657m / 2156ft • Prominence: 261m / 856ft • Summit : rock outcrop 4m SE of cairn • Trip reports (hill-bagging)

Twin peaks
Patterdale village nestling below Arnison Crags (L) with Birkhouse Moor (R). These hills are 2 of the 214 which comprise Alfred Wainwright's 'Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells' - the seven volume pocket-sized hillwalkers 'bible' of the Lake District's mountains.
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ULLSWATER - Place Fell.
The path to Howtown seen along the green /brown boundary.
10-Apr-25 • greengrocer48 • flickr
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Place Fell summit, Mar. 2025
19-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Place Fell trig. point, Mar. 2025
19-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Ullswater from above Patterdale, Mar. 2025
18-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
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Photos
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.

Twin peaks
Patterdale village nestling below Arnison Crags (L) with Birkhouse Moor (R). These hills are 2 of the 214 which comprise Alfred Wainwright's 'Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells' - the seven volume pocket-sized hillwalkers 'bible' of the Lake District's mountains.
patterdale lakedistrict arnisoncrags birkhousemoor wainwright sunrays5 coth5 54447917925

ULLSWATER - Place Fell.
The path to Howtown seen along the green /brown boundary.
10-Apr-25 • greengrocer48 • flickr
cumbria england lakedistrict ullswater placefell 54449191901


Place Fell summit, Mar. 2025
19-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
placefell mountains lakedistrict cumbria england 54415853009

Place Fell trig. point, Mar. 2025
19-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
placefell mountains lakedistrict cumbria england 54415908443

Ullswater from above Patterdale, Mar. 2025
18-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
ullswater lakedistrict lakes cumbria england 54415908763

Place Fell, The Knight, and Grisedale, Mar. 2025;
18-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Ullswater, from near Keldas (above Glenridding), Mar. 2025
18-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Place Fell, Mar. 2025
17-Mar-25 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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The Happy Wanderer
The Howtown to Patterdale lake shore walk. just approaching Silver Point, As well as lots of silver birch the area also has large quantities of juniper.
28-Nov-06 • greengrocer48 • flickr
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Videos
A hike up to Place Fell from Patterdale in the glorious Lake District and then on to High Dodd, before dropping down and picking ...
Rain and sun is the perfect combination to make rainbows! On another wet and blustery day in mid-March 2020 (before lockdown) ...
ten-mile-long horseshoe of high ground surrounds the Martindale catchment, a system of valleys draining northward into ...
This Lake District hike of Beda Fell, Angletarn Pikes and Place Fell is a circular walk with a friend Christine taking in the 3 ...
A slow 360 degree panorama from the summit of Place Fell in the English Lake District. All main view points labelled.
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.