Arthur's Pike is a fell

Fell

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 in the English

England

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 Lake District

Lake District

The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...

, near Ullswater

Ullswater

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately nine miles long and 0.75 miles wide with a maximum depth of slightly more than ....

. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill

Loadpot Hill

Loadpot Hill is a fell in the English Lake District, between Haweswater and Ullswater.-Topography:Although of moderate height, Loadpot Hill and its descending ridges cover an area of around...

 in the Far Eastern Fells

Far Eastern Fells

The Far Eastern Fells are a group of hills in the English Lake District. Reaching their highest point at High Street they occupy a broad area to the east of Ullswater and Kirkstone Pass. Much quieter than the central areas of Lakeland they offer in general easier but less exciting walking as the...

. An extensive craggy face stands above the lower reach of Ullswater.

Topography

The fell is separated from Loadpot Hill by a broad depression just south east of the summit, the ground here being quite marshy. The descending ridge turns north east at Arthur's Pike, passing over the knoll of White Knott as it falls between Aik Beck and the lake, heading for Pooley Bridge

Pooley Bridge

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. Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright

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 chose to define the fell between these narrow limits, assigning the wider slopes around Moor Divock to Loadpot Hill, and that convention is followed here.

To the west of Arthur's Pike the land falls steeply to Swarthbeck. This stream divides the fell from its twin, Bonscale Pike

Bonscale Pike

Bonscale Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Howtown on Ullswater. It is the northern end of a spur running north north west from Loadpot Hill on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells.-Topography:...

, before flowing to Ullswater. The north western face of Arthur's Pike has several tiers of crag, dropping to a belt of cultivated land and then the lakeside road to Howtown

Howtown

Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District.Howtown is about three and a half miles from Pooley Bridge and is best reached by water...

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Summit and view

Arthur's Pike has a small summit set back from the crags on a grassy plateau. The remains of a beacon (columnar cairn

Cairn

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) mark the brink of the face.

Ascents

There is no clear path to the summit, but a little to the south east the High Street roman road runs past. The obvious direct ascent is from Swarthbeck on the Howtown road, outflanking the crags to the north and making for White Knott on a good path. The top can also be reached from the roman road, either northwards from Loadpot Hill or southwards from Pooley Bridge or Helton.