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Yewthwaite mine, which is on the western side of the fell has extensive spoil heaps and shafts. Many of the shafts were previously open and dangerous but most have now been blocked off. The Brandlehow and Old Brandley Mine worked a lode for lead ore on the Derwentwater (eastern)
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Nearly all ascents of Cat Bells start from Hawse End at the foot of the northern ridge; there is car parking here but the spaces soon get taken on busy summer days. Ascents can also be made from Grange and from
Newlands. Hawse End is also served by the Derwentwater Motor Launch and this enables
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Keswick to combine a sail on the lake with an ascent of the fell. Many walkers who reach the top of Cat Bells return to their starting point after admiring the view: however, strong walkers can continue along the ridge to take in the fells of
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Catbells.
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Derwentwater.
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who wrote the
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42:The classic view of Cat Bells from near
664:A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
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498:A poem celebrating this wonderful fell
648:A Literary Guide to the Lake District
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677:The Mountains of England and Wales
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335:of disrupted, sheared and folded
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886:Full list of Wainwrights by area
493:on the east slopes of Cat Bells.
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174:Location in Lake District, UK
583:England & Wales Sheet 29
25:Mountain in Cumbria, England
624:(Kendall 1957) Catbells 2-4
598:(Kendall 1957) Catbells 6-7
458:Cat Bells and Skelgill Bank
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65:451 m (1,480 ft)
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500:Cat Bells - A Villanelle
46:on the opposite side of
1004:Cockermouth Golf Course
635:A Walk Around the Lakes
622:The North-Western Fells
609:More Walks in the Lakes
596:The North-Western Fells
570:The North-Western Fells
557:The North-Western Fells
544:The North-Western Fells
75:86 m (282 ft)
650:(London 1993) p. 198-9
611:(Edinburgh 1989) p. 22
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637:(London 1989) p. 165
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1054:Causey Pike
935:Lord's Seat
825:Maiden Moor
820:Lord's Seat
765:Causey Pike
755:Castle Crag
366:Maiden Moor
321:Maiden Moor
239:Landrangers
130: /
105:Coordinates
81:Parent peak
1149:Hindscarth
1069:Knott Rigg
1044:Scar Crags
1009:Slate Fell
995:Watch Hill
984:Powter How
959:Graystones
944:Whinlatter
865:Whinlatter
855:Scar Crags
810:Knott Rigg
800:Hindscarth
785:Graystones
750:Broom Fell
646:G Lindop,
530:References
434:Blencathra
410:Borrowdale
384:to give a
378:Hindscarth
317:Hause Gate
306:Topography
115:54°34′07″N
98:Wainwright
71:Prominence
1174:Holm Crag
1169:High Doat
1159:Cat Bells
1140:Dale Head
1119:Whiteside
1079:Stile End
1064:Outerside
1059:Ard Crags
1029:Crag Hill
969:Sale Fell
964:Ling Fell
875:Whiteside
850:Sale Fell
830:Outerside
815:Ling Fell
770:Dale Head
760:Cat Bells
735:Ard Crags
633:H Davies,
607:J Parker
506:Memorials
374:Dale Head
345:sandstone
341:siltstone
252:Cat Bells
168:Cat Bells
143:Geography
118:3°10′15″W
86:Dale Head
61:Elevation
31:Cat Bells
1223:Category
1205:Swinside
1185:Robinson
1154:High Spy
1020:Grasmoor
840:Robinson
795:High Spy
780:Grasmoor
382:Robinson
370:High Spy
337:mudstone
243:Explorer
241:89, 90,
231:Topo map
223:NY244199
184:Location
18:cat bell
1039:Wandope
860:Wandope
438:Keswick
430:Skiddaw
406:Skiddaw
351:Ascents
327:Geology
279:Keswick
271:Cumbria
265:in the
260:English
258:in the
217:OS grid
192:England
188:Cumbria
93:Listing
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267:county
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254:is a
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1034:Sail
954:Barf
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681:ISBN
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