Gragareth
Mountain in England
title: "Gragareth" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-and-hills-of-lancashire", "hewitts-of-england", "geography-of-the-city-of-lancaster", "highest-points-of-english-counties"] description: "Mountain in England" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gragareth" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain in England ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gragareth |
| photo | Gragareth trig point.jpg |
| photo_caption | Gragareth trig point |
| elevation_m | 627 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 30 |
| parent_peak | Great Coum |
| listing | Hewitt, county top |
| location | Lancashire, England |
| range | Yorkshire Dales (but summit is 200m outside border of county) |
| coordinates | |
| grid_ref_UK | SD687793 |
| topo | OS OL2 |
| map | United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales#Lancashire#North Yorkshire#United Kingdom City of Lancaster |
| map_caption | Location in the Yorkshire Dales##Location in Lancashire##Location in North Yorkshire##Location in the City of Lancaster district |
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| name = Gragareth | photo = Gragareth trig point.jpg | photo_caption = Gragareth trig point | elevation_m = 627 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 30 | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = Great Coum | listing = Hewitt, county top | location = Lancashire, England | range = Yorkshire Dales (but summit is 200m outside border of county) | coordinates = | grid_ref_UK = SD687793 | topo = OS OL2 | map = United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales#Lancashire#North Yorkshire#United Kingdom City of Lancaster | map_caption = Location in the Yorkshire Dales##Location in Lancashire##Location in North Yorkshire##Location in the City of Lancaster district | easiest_route =
Gragareth is a mountain straddling the border between Lancashire and North Yorkshire in England. At 627 m, its summit is the second-highest point in the post-1974 county of Lancashire. The summit of Gragareth lies about 200 m west of the county boundary, but inside the 2016 border of Yorkshire Dales National Park. The western slopes are known as Leck Fell and the southern slopes form Ireby Fell. thumb|left|Three Men of Gragareth
The summit has a trig point and extensive views towards Morecambe Bay, the Lake District fells, the Howgill Fells, Ingleborough and the Forest of Bowland. The county boundary wall running along the ridge is believed to be "one of the highest dry stone walls in the country." | last = Wright | first = Nick | title = English Mountain Summits | year = 1974 | publisher = Robert Hale | location = London | isbn = 0-7091-4560-8 | pages = 70 The Three Men of Gragareth are a group of tall cairns on the western side of the hill above Leck Fell House. Historically the hill was often called Greygarth Fell.
The fell contains several caves including Lost John's Cave, Rumbling Hole and Ireby Fell Cavern.
Wainwright includes "The ascent of Gragareth via Leck Fell returning via Ireby Fell" in his Walks in Limestone Country.{{cite book | last = Wainwright | first = Alfred | title = Walks in Limestone Country | year = 1970 | publisher = Westmorland Gazette | location = Kendal | chapter = Walk 4 His route begins at Ireby village, following a lane from Todgill Farm on the Leck road to the tarmac road which leads to Leck Fell House, then "a steep scramble" up past the Three Men. His descent route is down a long enclosure formed by the county boundary to the east and the almost-parallel boundary between Leck and Ireby parishes, dropping down Ireby Fell past the opening of Ireby Fell Cavern, to return to Ireby.
References
References
- Bathurst, David. (2012). "Walking the county high points of England". Summersdale.
- "Historic County Tops". Hill Bagging.
- (1914). "A History of the County of Lancaster". Victoria County History.
- (c. 1850). "Lancashire Sheet XIV". Ordnance Survey.
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