Lingmell
807m (2648ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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You can walk to the top of Lingmell by using any of these 4 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,195ft (1,279m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Lingmell Gill - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,696ft (1,126m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Wast Water - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Broad Crag - Ill Crag - Great End - Esk Hause - Sty Head - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,140ft (1,567m) |
| Time: | 8.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Middleboot Knotts - Round How (Scafell) - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,409ft (1,648m) |
| Time: | 9½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Slight Side - Broad Tongue - Hardrigg Gill - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
See Lingmell and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Southern Fells of The Lake District National Park
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The Whole of The Lake District National Park
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See Lingmell and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Maps:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers' Maps might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
You can find Lingmell & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Lingmell
Pete George walked up Lingmell 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
Geoff Hand climbed it on July 2nd, 2025 [from/via/route] Originally planned to do the Mosedale round, however the weather was against us so we opted for Lingmell from Wasdale head straight up & down. [with] richard Macilwaine (friend) [weather] Poor at first then improved as afternoon went on. - Great views around once on top. Nice to see the hoards on scar felland yet it be fairly quiet on Lingmell.
Ian Ashton bagged it on July 28th, 2024 [with] Solo - Ì
David Higginbottom hiked Lingmell on November 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] Scafell loop [with] Carolyn [weather] Good bit of cloud up Scafell
Jason Mcmillan summited on April 28th, 2023 [from/via/route] Lingmell, Scafell Pike & Scafell
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Lingmell
A dusting of snow on the shoulder of Lingmell (left), Middle Fell (centre left in the distance) and Yewbarrow above Wasdale from Sty Head
Kirk Fell (left), Great Gable (centre) and Lingmell from across Wast Water
The shoulder of Lingmell and snow on Illgill Head (far left), Wasdale and Wast Water (left) and Yewbarrow (right) from Gable Beck Bridge
Wast Water from Lingmell Gill on the way up Scafell Pike. The fell to the right is Middle Fell
Wasdale Head featuring Yewbarrow (left), Great Gable (centre), Lingmell (right) and the lower slopes of Scafell Pike (right) from across Wast Water
. . . see all 62 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on, or of, Lingmell
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