
Scafell Pike
978m (3210ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Scafell Pike is the highest point in the county of Cumbria, the highest point in The Lake District National Park and the highest point in England. It was also the highest point in the old county of Cumberland.
Scafell Pike means 'the highest point of 'The Pikes of Sca Fell'. This was the collective term for all the lumps and bumps on the top of the Sca Fell Massif (namely Sca Fell Pike, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Broad Crag, Ill Crag and Great End) when it was donated to The National Trust by Lord Leconfield in 1919. Sca Fell Pike became Scafell Pike (without the space) due to an error by the Ordnance Survey and the name stuck.' and is pronounced 'Though Scafell Pike is usually pronounced 'Skar Fell Pyke', the Lake District locals pronounce it 'SKOR-fall Pyke' with the emphasis on the first syllable. Indeed, many older texts spell it 'Skawfell Pike'.
The summit of Scafell Pike is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Scafell Pike
Pete George walked up on October 13th, 2025 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] Roco [weather] Beautiful cloud inversion on Lingmell, cloud rising on Scafell Pike, rest of day in fog
Tia Cain has climbed it [from/via/route] The visitor car park [with] Nick & Daryn [weather] Absolutely ATROCIOUS - Definitely should have gone to the pub & saved it for a better day. Visibility at the top only a matter of metres.
Andrew Francis-Lang has bagged it [from/via/route] Wasdale via Brown Tongue
Hazel Gilbert hiked it on June 24th, 2008 [with] Lawrence
David Peebles summited on February 26th, 2023 [from/via/route] Wasdale Nation Trust Carpark [with] Solo [weather] Poor Weather
Jason Mcmillan conquered it on April 28th, 2023 [from/via/route] Lingmell, Scafell Pike & Scafell
David Higginbottom scaled on November 15th, 2018 [with] Carolyn [weather] Good
John Ramsbottom walked up on January 7th, 2024 [from/via/route] Started at Wasdale Head car park [with] Lola [weather] sunshine cold & frosty, nice day - No pub this time . Being good
Christine Shepherd climbed it on August 19th, 1997 [from/via/route] Seathwaite via Grains Gill returning via Taylor Force. [with] Peter (my husband) [weather] Very hot & sunny with a heat haze. - I would definitely recommend the descent by Taylor Force Gill. (not for the faint hearted though) Have climbed Scafell on two other occasions. Easter 2003 with my daughter & 27.6.09, when I led a group from my church in Leeds to the summit. Finally climbed this fell on my own on 3.10.15. Climbed from Wasdale Head for the first time much easier than from Seathwaite. Climbed for a fifth time on 21.10.23 with Jenny & Ian.This was their first time on this summit.Great weather & views.We climbed Lingmell first & climbed Scafell Pike from Lingmell Col.
Philip Wilde bagged it during 2023 [from/via/route] Seathwaite via Corridor route [with] Son, Keir
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Scafell Pike
*Kirk Fell (left), Great Gable (centre) Lingmell, Scafell Pike (partially hidden) and Illgill Head across Wast Water

Snow on Black Sails summit cairn with Great Carrs (centre left) and Scafell Pike (far right) in the background
Snow on Scafell Pike and the Scafell Massif from a very frozen Innominate Tarn

Sca Fell (centre left), Mickledore, Scafell Pike and Ill Crag from Three Tarns

Airplane wreckage below Broad Crag buttress, just off the corridor route to Scafell Pike

Yewbarrow, Great Gable, Lingmell and the shoulder of Scafell Pike from Wast Water

Lone fell walker on Scafell Pike with Symonds Knott and Sca Fell (left), Wast Water and Seatallen (right) beyond

Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks with Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Scafell Pike in the distance

Great End from Broad Crag buttress, just off the corridor route to Scafell Pike
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