Cross Fell
893m (2931ft)
The North Pennines, Cumbria, England
The summit of Cross Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.75ml (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,437ft (743m) |
| Time: | 6 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Kirkland - Kirkland Beck - Cocklick Scar - Plylier's Gap - High Cap - Ironwell Band - The Pennine Way - Cross Fell - Crowdundle Head - Tees Head - Sturba Nook - Wildboar Scar - Grumply Hill - Littledale Beck - Cringle Moor - Blencarn - Blencarn Lake - Blencarn Beck - Kirk Hill - Kirkland
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 20ml (32km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,905ft (885m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Garrigill - The Pennine Way - The South Tyne Trail - Low Crossgill - Ash Gill - Ashgill Force - Hole House Farm - Tynehead Farm - Tyne Head - River Tees - Dunfell Hush - Great Dun Fell - Little Dun Fell - Cross Fell - Skirwith Fell - Yad Stone - Greg's Hut (bothy) - Backstone Edge (Lambgreen Hills) - Long Man Hill - Meg Moffat's Hill - Black Band - Garrigill
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Cross Fell
Caroline Winter walked up Cross Fell on August 25th, 2021 [from/via/route] Town End Farm Knock, Knock Fell, Great Dun Fell, Little Dun Fell, PW [with] Becky [weather] Very Warm day & humid - Feeling the strain of the walk, due to hot & humid weather. Didn't fancy back tracking up & over again, even though a good tarmac road from Great Dun Fell, so took the longer PW route down. Missed the Rainbeck turn, so road walked the rest. A very long, late & tiring walk back to car, dog tried to bite our ankles & inquisitive calves trying to 'rush' us at Millburn Grange, but restaurant at Appleby held our table, & the great food made up for it.
Angela Moroney climbed Cross Fell on August 6th, 2020 [from/via/route] milburn [with] SOLO
Mark Davidson bagged Cross Fell on February 14th, 2007 [with] MK and his mate who did all the Charity Walks (incl Land's End to John O'Groats) [weather] Clear & Sunny with a touch of snow on the tops - lovely
Margaret Richards hiked Cross Fell on September 6th, 2010 [from/via/route] pennine way; Garrigill to Little Dun Fell [with] Don - Windy
Kevin Foster conquered Cross Fell on August 20th, 2018 [from/via/route] Great Dun Fell & Little Dun Fell [with] Henry. [weather] cloudy with rain. - Retracing my steps I bagged Little Dun Fell for the second time that day before descending to the col with Cross Fell beyond. Conditions brightened a bit & the mist appeared to lift slightly as I began my ascent of Cross Fell. The summit plateau was clear enough for me to see the large wind shelter cum cairn in the distance. However long distance views were still nonexistent unfortunately. Never mind I have been up here on a clear day when the views were amazing especially towards the Lakeland skyline. You win some you lose some as they say. Whilst having a very late lunch stop I met up with a woman from Milburn with two dogs who was walking to Haltwhistle to make her weekly appointment there to play quoits! She planned to bed down for the night at the mountain bothy nearby called Greg's hut. I got the impression that she usually drove to Haltwhistle each week but fancied walking there from her home this particular week. I hope she made it!
Andy Jakob scaled Cross Fell during August, 1985 [from/via/route] Pennine Way north to south
Chris Faulkner walked up Cross Fell on July 10th, 2016 [from/via/route] Pennine Way [with] Michelle chandler [weather] Wet
Robert Shaw climbed Cross Fell on May 10th, 2013 [from/via/route] Bagged on the Pennine Way between the 10th & 24th May 2013. [weather] Various !! - 15 days of mainly fun.
Ian Barker bagged Cross Fell on August 15th, 2014 [from/via/route] Dufton [with] Peter Godfrey [weather] Fine - On Pennine Way
Tony Rogerson hiked Cross Fell on October 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] "Tourist route" from Kirkland [with] Darren Floss Robbie & Ruby [weather] Temperature inversion
Kevin Bloor summited Cross Fell on April 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Started at Garrigill [with] Myself [weather] Cloudy, poor visibility at top - Longest & highest walk so far
Darren Mortimer conquered Cross Fell on December 15th, 2013 [from/via/route] Kirkland [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Very windy
Christine Shepherd scaled Cross Fell on July 30th, 2013 [from/via/route] Walked from Kirkland using walk c317 but then went on to Little Dunn Fell & Great Fell & came down in Milburn where I was picked up by my lovely husband. [with] On my own [weather] Lovely walking weather with fantastic views. - The bridleway to Milburn starts off well but was very difficult to follow down the fell back to Milburn.
Stephen Eddy walked up Cross Fell on May 17th, 2013 [from/via/route] Kirkland (c317) [with] Mike Woodhouse, Tony Harris, Neil Whitehead [weather] Sunny
Iain Taylor climbed Cross Fell on March 4th, 2012 [from/via/route] Knock (NY 69679 29512)
Ivan Stanger bagged Cross Fell on September 11th, 2007 [from/via/route] Garrigill [with] Solo [weather] Nice autumn day - Walked up from Garrigill. Great weather all the way except for the last 500 metres when the cloud came down. No views. All the metalwork intact on the trig.
Gerry Smith hiked Cross Fell during September, 2006 [from/via/route] Dufton ( part of Pennine Way ) [with] Rob Mason [weather] dry cool - Very windy on tops
Patrick Rogozinski, Leon Potts, John Cuthbert, Paul Woodburn, Simon Duerden, Trevor Williams, Louise Sandwith, Matthew Thomas, Steve Davenport and Ray O'hara have all walked, climbed & bagged Cross Fell.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Cross Fell
Lesley at Little Dun Fell between Dun Fell and Cross Fell on the Pennine Way.
Great Dun Fell and Little Dun Fell from the tall cairn on Cross Fell summit plateau
The cairn on Bullman Hills (South Top) summit with Bullman Hills and Cross Fell beyond
Small shelter on Long Man Hill with Great Dunn Fell, Little Dun Fell and Cross Fell in the background
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