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26:
22:
1673:Ward's Stone
1632:Cringle Moor
1589:Ingleborough
1549:Buckden Pike
1513:Rogan's Seat
1373:
1359:Gummer's How
1313:Scafell Pike
1283:Illgill Head
963:Steel Knotts
948:Selside Pike
913:Loadpot Hill
887:
878:Hartsop Dodd
804:Wainwright's
741:
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299:Parent range
25:
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
988:Wether Hill
903:Kidsty Pike
888:High Street
868:Hallin Fell
843:Brock Crags
619:B Conduit,
453:fell ponies
388:Roman forts
347:High Street
256:High Street
216:High Street
180:High Street
141: /
116:Coordinates
80:Parent peak
44:Harter Fell
31:High Street
1739: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
958:Sour Howes
928:Place Fell
883:High Raise
711:, Book 2:
589:References
570:Blea Water
555:Windermere
543:Patterdale
496:Wast Water
488:Blea Water
465:River Kent
459:Topography
378:Roman road
367:Roman road
126:54°29′31″N
105:Wainwright
70: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
968:Tarn Crag
938:Rest Dodd
908:The Knott
863:Grey Crag
858:Gray Crag
838:Branstree
828:Beda Fell
643:20 August
559:Ullswater
551:Troutbeck
449:wrestling
406:Ambleside
154:Geography
129:2°51′54″W
85:Helvellyn
60:Elevation
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
983:Wansfell
893:Ill Bell
853:Froswick
577:See also
547:Kentmere
515:Pennines
397:Brocavum
392:Brougham
338:Explorer
330:Topo map
322:NY440110
283:Location
1134:Skiddaw
943:Sallows
923:The Nab
535:Mardale
529:Ascents
416:plateau
402:Penrith
400:) near
373:History
361:of the
316:OS grid
291:England
287:Cumbria
268:Cumbria
228:Cumbria
109:Nuttall
97:Marilyn
92:Listing
1503:Kisdon
1205:Pillar
1119:Binsey
748:
715:
687:
502:Summit
492:corrie
469:Kendal
420:marshy
411:Galava
101:Hewitt
1498:Hoove
1129:Knott
768:index
484:tarns
445:fairs
439:Fairs
428:agger
384:Roman
349:is a
1160:Dent
993:Yoke
746:ISBN
713:ISBN
685:ISBN
645:2022
549:and
521:and
463:The
404:and
351:fell
264:Eden
46:with
390:at
340:OL5
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335:OS
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