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702:A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
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746:England & Wales Sheet 29
1532:8. Southern Yorkshire Dales
1476:7. Northern Yorkshire Dales
189:Lake District National Park
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1699:Marilyns of England
1508:Nine Standards Rigg
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1046:of Northern England
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1632:Cringle Moor
1589:Ingleborough
1549:Buckden Pike
1513:Rogan's Seat
1359:Gummer's How
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1313:Scafell Pike
1283:Illgill Head
978:Stone Arthur
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823:Arnison Crag
809:Wainwright's
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1594:Pen-y-ghent
1559:Cracoe Fell
1467:Mickle Fell
1462:Dufton Pike
1409:Seat Sandal
1374:High Street
1364:Hallin Fell
1288:Kirkby Moor
1263:Harter Fell
1243:Black Combe
1190:Lord's Seat
1170:Great Gable
1094:Tosson Hill
1089:Sighty Crag
1059:The Cheviot
963:Seat Sandal
938:Middle Dodd
843:Clough Head
450:Seat Sandal
388:wrote that
142: /
117:Coordinates
81:Parent peak
48:Seat Sandal
1719:Patterdale
1693:Categories
1678:White Hill
1574:Great Coum
1544:Birks Fell
1483:Baugh Fell
1457:Cross Fell
1440:and Durham
1429:Whitbarrow
1399:Red Screes
1394:Place Fell
1278:Holme Fell
1268:High Raise
1258:Hard Knott
1225:Watch Hill
1180:High Stile
1150:Blake Fell
1124:Blencathra
993:White Side
958:Red Screes
908:Heron Pike
883:Great Rigg
873:Great Dodd
705:, Book 1:
681:References
660:Red Screes
632:Patterdale
617:Heron Pike
613:Great Rigg
597:March 2015
589:Wikivoyage
529:Great Rigg
525:Heron Pike
415:Heron Pike
411:Great Rigg
374:Topography
339:Landranger
127:54°29′49″N
110:Wainwright
71:Prominence
1642:Urra Moor
1609:Whernside
1604:Sharp Haw
1452:Cold Fell
1419:Tarn Crag
1369:Helvellyn
1344:Fairfield
1273:High Rigg
1215:Seatallan
1200:Mellbreak
1185:Kirk Fell
1155:Dale Head
1074:Peel Fell
1069:Long Crag
918:High Pike
903:Helvellyn
893:Hart Side
888:Hart Crag
858:Fairfield
853:Dove Crag
670:Panoramas
656:Threlkeld
431:High Pike
427:Dove Crag
423:Hart Crag
407:Ambleside
352:Fairfield
257:Fairfield
217:Fairfield
181:Fairfield
155:Geography
130:2°59′26″W
86:Helvellyn
61:Elevation
31:Fairfield
23:Fairfield
1714:Nuttalls
1554:Calf Top
1523:Yarlside
1488:The Calf
1424:Wansfell
1323:Whitfell
1220:Swinside
1210:Robinson
1195:Low Fell
1165:Grasmoor
1079:Ros Hill
1044:Marilyns
943:Nab Scar
933:Low Pike
648:Grasmere
485:Grasmere
435:Low Pike
419:Nab Scar
343:Explorer
331:Topo map
323:NY358117
284:Location
1134:Skiddaw
579:Please
553:Ascents
509:dacitic
501:lapilli
491:Geology
477:Dunmail
461:corries
452:across
396:bow-tie
317:OS grid
292:England
288:Cumbria
269:Cumbria
229:Cumbria
106:Nuttall
102:Marilyn
93:Listing
1503:Kisdon
1205:Pillar
1119:Binsey
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537:cairns
515:Summit
98:Hewitt
1498:Hoove
1129:Knott
953:Raise
833:Birks
636:Birks
354:is a
1160:Dent
766:ISBN
727:ISBN
707:ISBN
634:via
527:and
505:tuff
495:The
473:tarn
433:and
417:and
356:fell
341:90,
265:Eden
641:tor
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