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The North of England includes the country's highest mountains, in the Lake District of Cumbria. This was one of the first national parks to be established in the United Kingdom, in 1951. The highest peak is Scafell Pike, 978 m (3,209 ft) above sea level, and at least three other summits exceed 3,000 feet or 914.4 metres making them Furth Munros.
The highest area of England is the North West, which contains England's highest hills and mountains, including its highest – Scafell Pike. In England, a mountain is officially defined as land over 600 metres, so most fall in Northern England. Some hill and mountain chains in England are:
The Nuttalls are mountains in England and Wales only that are over 2,000 feet (610 m), and with a relative height of at least 15 metres (49 ft). [73] [74] There were 444 Nuttalls in the original list (254 in England and 190 in Wales), compiled by John and Anne Nuttall and published in 1989–90 in two volumes, The Mountains of England & Wales.
Lake District. The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and the Cumbrian mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, and the Lake Poets.
Black Mountains (within England) – Black Mountain, at 703 metres (2,306 ft) Pen-y-ghent - Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, at 694 metres (2,277 ft) Peak District – Kinder Scout at 636 metres (2,087 ft) Dartmoor – High Willhays at 621 metres (2,037 ft) Margery Hill - Howden Moors, South Yorkshire, at 546 metres (1,791 ft)
Highest mountains in Great Britain. ("Simms" classification) Ben Nevis, in the Scottish Highlands, is the highest mountain in The British Isles. Highest point. Elevation. over 600 m (1,969 ft) Prominence. over 30 m (98 ft) Geography.
NY207067. 959 m (3,146 ft) Nuttall. Scafell (/ ˈskɔːfəl / or / skɑːˈfɛl /; [1] also spelled Sca Fell, previously Scawfell[2]) is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has a height of 964 metres (3,163 feet), making it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour, Scafell Pike, from which it is ...
The Trans Pennine Trail, a long-distance route for cyclists, horse riders and walkers, runs west–east alongside rivers and canals, along disused railway tracks and through historic towns and cities from Southport to Hornsea (207 miles/333 km). [57] It crosses the north–south Pennine Way (268 miles/431 km) at Crowden-in-Longdendale.