Swinside is a hill in the northwestern area of the
English Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...
. It is small, wooded and surrounded by much bigger and more popular
fells, meaning it is often overlooked.
Alfred Wainwright, for instance, failed to include it in his
pictorial guides to
fells in the Lake District.
Swinside has an elevation of and a
prominence of ,
so
unlike many of its grander neighbours, it is a
Marilyn as a result of being surrounded by a moat of low boggy ground. Until recently it was also completely covered by trees, but a track now leads up to the summit where the trees have been felled. The land is privately owned and there is no public footpath to the summit although the owner recently allowed local residents from the nearby village of Portinscale to visit the summit on a sponsored walk. It is reported that the hill is used for
quad biking
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trips and that permission to enter on foot can often be obtained on request.
References
Marilyns of England
Fells of the Lake District
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