Hard Knott
Hard Knott is a fell in the English Lake District, at the head of Eskdale. The northern and western slopes of Hard Knott are in the civil parish of Eskdale, while the southern and eastern slopes are in the civil parish of Ulpha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hardknott Pass and Hardknott Roman Fort.
Hardknott Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hardknott Pass is a hill pass between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. The tarmac-surfaced road, which is the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, shares the title of steepest road in England with Rosedale Chimney Bank in North Yorkshire.
Hardknott Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Markas1370, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the challenging Hardknott Pass in the English Lake District.
Harter Fell
Peak
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harter Fell is a fell in the western part of the English Lake District, located between the Eskdale and Duddon valleys. Its height is 653 metres There are several walking routes to the summit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cockley Beck and Boot.
Cockley Beck
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockley Beck is a small hamlet, situated in the Duddon Valley in Cumbria, England. Historically, the hamlet was part of Lancashire. Located today within the Lake District National Park, it was established in the late 16th century, and is closely associated with the mining of copper ore in Cumbria.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Seathwaite
Village
Photo: Gordon Mellor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seathwaite is a village in the Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria in North West England. It is in the Lake District and part of historic Lancashire.
Hard Knott
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,801 feet
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.41106° or 54° 24′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.18505° or 3° 11′ 6″ westElevation
1,801 feet (549 metres)Open location code
9C6RCR67+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29877472OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Hard Knott” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hard Knott”
- German: “Hard Knott”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hard Knott”. Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.