Great How Explained

Great How
Elevation Ft:1713
Prominence Ft:171
Parent Peak:Scafell Pike
Location:Lake District, England
Coordinates:54.4319°N -3.2541°W
Grid Ref Uk:NY187048
Topo:OS Outdoor Leisure 6
Map:United Kingdom Lake District

Great How or Great Howe is a hill of in the west of the English Lake District, lying south of Scafell Pike and east of Burnmoor Tarn.[1] It lies in the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority area of Cumberland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.[2]

It is classed as a Fellranger, being described by Richards in the Wasdale volume of his book series.[3] It is among the 21 such summits (originally 18 before the extension of the Lake District) which are not included in Wainwright's list of 214.[4] It is also classed as a Dodd, Dewey, Birkett and Synge.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great How. www.hill-bagging.co.uk . 15 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Election Maps . Ordnance Survey . 7 May 2024.
  3. Book: Richards . Mark . Walking the Lake District Fells - Wasdale: The Scafells, Great Gable, Pillar . Cicerone Press Limited . 978-1-78362-786-8 . https://books.google.com/books?id=nL7EDwAAQBAJ&q=%22great+How%22++mark+richards&pg=PP1 . 15 February 2021 . en . Great How. 15 September 2019 .
  4. Web site: Fellranger additional fells . Cicerone . 15 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708203238/https://www.cicerone.co.uk/static.cfm/cid/239/content/fellranger-additional-fells . 8 July 2016.