Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to

Windermere Windermere (sometimes tautologically called Windermere Lake to distinguish it from the nearby town of Windermere) is the largest natural lake in England. More than 11 miles (18 km) in length, and almost 1 mile (1.5 km) at its wides ...

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...

, England. It has a

topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

of so is classified as a Marilyn (a hill with prominence of at least 150m). It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ''

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'' is a 1974 book written by Alfred Wainwright dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's '' Pictorial Guides'' in that each of its 56 chapters describes a walk, ...

''. He describes a clockwise circuit starting at Far Sawrey and passing Moss Eccles Tarn. He says ''"Claife Heights is delightful. It was more so before forestry curtailed walking and restricted the views."'' and describes it as ''"No definite summit. Highest parts about 900ft."''

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Marilyns of England Fells of the Lake District South Lakeland District {{Cumbria-geo-stub