The Knott
The Knott is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Hayeswater in the Far Eastern Fells. It is an outlier of Rampsgill Head, being the high point of the ridge from there to Rest Dodd.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,425 feet
- Description: mountain near Hayeswater, in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Knott (High Street)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rampsgill Head and Kidsty Pike.
Rampsgill Head
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampsgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir in the Far Eastern Fells. It forms the focal point of three ridges which fan out north-east, north-west and south.
Kidsty Pike
Peak
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kidsty Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir. It is a subsidiary top of Rampsgill Head, but has long achieved the status of a separate fell, thanks to its classic peaked profile.
Hayeswater
Photo: John Charlton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hayeswater is a small lake within the Lake District of Cumbria, England. The lake is situated about a mile SE of the hamlet of Hartsop in the Patterdale Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartsop and Mardale.
Hartsop
Hamlet
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours.
Mardale
Locality
Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, was raised to form Haweswater Reservoir by Manchester Corporation.
Patterdale
Village
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Patterdale is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is in the eastern part of the Lake District, and the name is also used for the long valley in which the village sits, also called the Ullswater Valley.
The Knott
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Martindale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.50632° or 54° 30′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.87081° or 2° 52′ 15″ westElevation
2,425 feet (739 metres)Open location code
9C6VG44H+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 671492533OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“The Knott” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “The Knott”
- Ladin: “The Knott”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dalehead and Straits of Riggindale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rampsgill Head (Wainwright) and Rest Dodd.
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