Great Stickle
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Great Stickle is a fell located in the southern Lake District
of England
with an altitude of 305 m (1,000 ft). Alfred Wainwright
included it in his "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland
". Geographically the fell is located on the southern ridge of Stickle Pike
and is located between the lower Duddon Valley
(west) and the valley of Dunnerdale Beck (east). A "stickle" is a hill with a prominent rocky top.
The fell is rugged in appearance with several craggy outcrops that are found especially on its summit and its southern slopes which descend to the hamlet of Broughton Mills
. It is generally climbed in combination with Stickle Pike
, the ridge between the two summits offering an interesting traverse and excellent views to the Furness Peninsula
and the southern fells.
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...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
with an altitude of 305 m (1,000 ft). Alfred Wainwright
Alfred Wainwright
Alfred Wainwright MBE was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the...
included it in his "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland
The Outlying Fells of Lakeland
The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a book written by Alfred Wainwright, dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's Pictorial Guides in that it describes a series of walks, some of them taking in several summits, rather than devoting a chapter to each...
". Geographically the fell is located on the southern ridge of Stickle Pike
Stickle Pike
Stickle Pike is an outlying fell located in the southern Lake District near the small town of Broughton-in-Furness, with the summit situated between the lower Duddon Valley and the quiet smaller valley of Dunnerdale. Despite its low altitude the sharp, conical summit is prominent in views from the...
and is located between the lower Duddon Valley
Duddon Valley
The Duddon Valley is a valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Duddon flows through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale, before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness...
(west) and the valley of Dunnerdale Beck (east). A "stickle" is a hill with a prominent rocky top.
The fell is rugged in appearance with several craggy outcrops that are found especially on its summit and its southern slopes which descend to the hamlet of Broughton Mills
Broughton Mills
Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England....
. It is generally climbed in combination with Stickle Pike
Stickle Pike
Stickle Pike is an outlying fell located in the southern Lake District near the small town of Broughton-in-Furness, with the summit situated between the lower Duddon Valley and the quiet smaller valley of Dunnerdale. Despite its low altitude the sharp, conical summit is prominent in views from the...
, the ridge between the two summits offering an interesting traverse and excellent views to the Furness Peninsula
Furness
Furness is a peninsula in south Cumbria, England. At its widest extent, it is considered to cover the whole of North Lonsdale, that part of the Lonsdale hundred that is an exclave of the historic county of Lancashire, lying to the north of Morecambe Bay....
and the southern fells.