Honister Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It has a height of 634 metres. It is adjacent to

Fleetwith Pike Fleetwith Pike is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 648 metres (2,126 feet). The fell is a well-known feature of the area as it casts an imposing presence over Buttermere and the ...

, a higher summit, but it can claim to be a fell in its own right, as it is a

Nuttall Nuttall may refer to: People * Nuttall (name) * Nuttall baronets Nature * Nuttall's oak, a fast-growing large deciduous oak tree native to North America * Nuttall's woodpecker, a species of woodpecker found in oak woodlands of California * Nutta ...

– one of the hills in England and Wales that are at least 2,000 feet (610 metres) high with a relative height of at least 15 metres (49.2 feet). Honister Crag is of interest to rock-climbers.

In Art and Literature

Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poetical illustration "Honister Crag, Cumberland", to an engraving of a painting by Thomas Allom, relates to a border skirmish between the Graemes and the Elliotts in the valley beneath.

Protected area

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

has been designated to protect the plant life and features of geological interest.

Honister Crag SSSI Honister Crag SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, England. It is designated for both biological and geological interest. The site covers an area of 302.9 ha on Honister Crag, from which it takes its name, and Fleetwith Pik ...

also covers part of Fleetwith Pike.

References

External links

Info on Honister Crag becoming a Nuttall
Fells of the Lake District Nuttalls Buttermere, Cumbria (village) {{Cumbria-geo-stub