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woodland has been planted on the north eastern slopes above Whit Beck. To the north west, on either bank of Gale Gill, are the conifer plantations of
Birkett Wood and Mallen Dodd. A single track road climbs up the slope beside the wood, giving access to a car park on the depression to the north of the fell.
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The top of the fell is sheep pasture, falling gently to the north and quite steeply to the south. Some stumps remain at the top of the southern slope as evidence of past deforestation, together with few small trees, bent down by the prevailing wind. A ditch and parapet run across the top. The parapet
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as a whole. It takes the form of a rounded hump at the terminus of a long descending ridge, and would be unremarkable if not for its location. To the north of
Latrigg summit is an unnamed depression at about 970 feet (300 metres) and rising beyond is a grassy rigg, climbing up to Jenkin Hill and the
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The steep southern slopes are cloaked in the mixed woodland of
Brundholme Wood and Whinny Brow, Latrigg's only crags being hidden in the trees. A public road from Keswick contours across this slope at around 600 feet (180 metres), giving access to the farms of Lonscale and Brundholm. Further mixed
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fells, the summit being almost entirely devoid of rock. The slopes of
Latrigg are partially wooded, and logging work is currently being undertaken. One lone tree just south of the summit is prominently viewed in silhouette when approaching Keswick from the west along the
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Glenderaterra Beck and then climbing up the east ridge. The easiest way is to park at the end of Gale Road, from where the summit is a simple 10‑minute stroll on grass, the most accessible of all the 214
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362:"a panorama of crowded detail, all of it of great beauty: indeed this scene is one of the gems of the district...The far horizon is a jumbled upheaval of peaks, with many dear old friends standing up proudly."
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Latrigg is ascended from Keswick, the route beginning along Spooney Green Lane near the old railway station and then either making direct for the top or swinging north via Mallen Dodd.
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458:British Geological Survey: 1:50,000 series maps,
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515:Complete Lakeland Fells, Bill Birkett,
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272:. It also has petrified trees on top.
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737:Hills of the Northern Lake District
511:Lake District Walks - Latrigg Walk
367:Computer generated summit panorama
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697:Full list of Wainwrights by area
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163:Location in Lake District, UK
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958:Fells of the Lake District
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51:368 m (1,207 ft)
16:Mountain in United Kingdom
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116:54.61229°N 3.11788°W
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922:Bassenthwaite Hill
894:Moorhouse Hall Top
753:Skiddaw Little Man
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666:Mungrisdale Common
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287:Skiddaw Little Man
253:North West England
121:54.61229; -3.11788
41:Highest point
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94:Coordinates
70:Parent peak
927:Moota Hill
788:Blencathra
586:Blencathra
446:References
438:Blencathra
374:The Witch,
358:Wainwright
354:Blencathra
338:Ordovician
276:Topography
261:Borrowdale
104:54°36′44″N
87:Wainwright
57:Prominence
917:Caer Mote
864:Green How
839:Meal Fell
834:High Pike
763:Long Side
758:Carl Side
661:Meal Fell
651:Long Side
631:High Pike
601:Carl Side
596:Brae Fell
571:Bakestall
386:Threlkeld
334:greywacke
330:siltstone
132:Geography
107:3°07′04″W
47:Elevation
952:Category
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232:Explorer
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220:Topo map
212:NY279247
173:Location
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397:Gallery
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320:Geology
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257:Keswick
247:in the
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206:OS grid
181:England
177:Cumbria
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517:ISBN
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