Rannerdale Knotts

Rannerdale Knotts is a fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. Rising from the Buttermere valley, it is one of the smaller Cumbrian hills and is overlooked by a number of surrounding fells, such as Grasmoor, Whiteless Pike and, across Crummock Water, Mellbreak and the High Stile ridge.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Whiteless Pike and Church of St James.

Whiteless Pike

Peak

Photo: Abbagliato, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whiteless Pike, 660 metres high, is a fell in the north-western English Lake District. It stands immediately east of Crummock Water and forms a pyramid shape when viewed from Rannerdale.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mellbreak

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Mellbreak is a hill in the Western part of the English Lake District. Despite being surrounded on all sides by higher fells, it stands in isolation. It is surrounded on three sides by a "moat" of deep marshy land, and on the east side by the lake of Crummock Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brackenthwaite and Gatesgarth.

Brackenthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

Gatesgarth

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass.

Thackthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thackthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, from which hikers can climb Low Fell and Fellbarrow. The place-name contains thwaite. A second place called Thackthwaite is located just to the north of Little Mell Fell, at.

Rannerdale Knotts

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,165 feet
Description: Hill in the Lake District, Cumbria of the United Kingdom
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Buttermere, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.55262° or 54° 33′ 9″ north

Longitude

-3.28907° or 3° 17′ 21″ west

Elevation

1,165 feet (355 metres)

Open location code

9C6RHP36+29

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7092510832

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12612332

Wikidata ID

Q7293388

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ladin—“Rannerdale Knotts” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Rannerdale Knotts”
Ladin: “Rannerdale Knotts”

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