Heron Pike

Heron Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, two kilometres east of Grasmere. It is part of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It should not be confused with the Heron Pike that forms part of Sheffield Pike, although it appears that, by coincidence, both Heron Pikes are exactly the same height.

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,008 feet
Description: mountain near Grasmere, in Cumbria, England, UK
Also known as: “Heron Pike (Rydal)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nab Scar and Alcock Tarn.

Nab Scar

Peak

Nab Scar is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Rydal Water.

Alcock Tarn

Photo: Martyn B, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alcock Tarn is a lake in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located high in the fells on Heron Pike, roughly a mile and a half east of Grasmere.

Dove Cottage

Museum

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Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grasmere and Rydal.

Grasmere

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Grasmere is a lakeside village in the Lake District National Park, best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.

Rydal

Village

Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.

Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere.