Red Screes is a 776-metre (2,546 ft) Wainwright in Westmorland and Furness, England. It lies in the Lake District E area (Lake District - Eastern Fells). Its prominence, the drop to the col before higher ground, is 260 m. The summit is marked by a rock by shelter 18m SE of trig point. It is also on the Marilyn, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Birkett, Synge and Fellranger lists.
| Height | 776 m / 2,546 ft |
|---|---|
| Prominence | 260 m |
| Classifications | Marilyn, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger |
| Region | Lake District E |
| County | Westmorland and Furness |
| Country | England |
| OS grid reference | NY3965908758 |
| Latitude / longitude | 54.470589, -2.932572 |
| Summit feature | rock by shelter 18m SE of trig point |
Plan a walk up Red Screes
BaggedIt’s GPX route builder snaps a route to the real paths around Red Screes and works out distance, ascent and difficulty as you plot. Download the map pack for Lake District E before you set off and it works with no signal. Record your track on the day, and logging the summit ticks it off your Wainwrights list and your Hewitts and Nuttalls lists.
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Hills near Red Screes
Other listed hills within 4 km, for planning a multi-summit day.
| Hill | Height | List | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Dodd | 654 m | Wainwright | 0.8 km |
| Little Hart Crag | 637 m | Wainwright | 1.6 km |
| High Hartsop Dodd | 519 m | Wainwright | 2.0 km |
| High Pike (Scandale) | 656 m | Wainwright | 2.2 km |
| Stony Cove Pike | 764 m | Wainwright | 2.5 km |
| Low Pike | 508 m | Wainwright | 2.5 km |
| Dove Crag | 792 m | Wainwright | 2.8 km |
| Hartsop Dodd | 619 m | Wainwright | 3.4 km |
See the full list of Wainwrights or the Hewitts or the Nuttalls, or read about every hill classification BaggedIt tracks.
Hill data from the Database of British and Irish Hills, licensed under CC BY 4.0.