Summit · Lake District C&W
Illgill Head
- Height
- 609m
- Drop
- 312m
- Lists
- 2
Illgill Head is a summit in the Lake District C&W area, 609 m high with 312 m of drop. It's on 2 lists, including The Wainwrights and The Marilyns.
Take The WainwrightsOn 2 lists
- The WainwrightsThe 214 Lake District fells in Alfred Wainwright's seven Pictorial Guides.214 places, by Pinhead
- The MarilynsAll 2,007 hills in Britain and Ireland with a 150 m drop all round, whatever their height: from Ben Nevis to sea stacks.2,007 places, by Pinhead
Tick it off: take any of these and Illgill Head is on your map, ready to mark as been.
Parking
- Car park1.7 km north-west, freeDirections
- Car park1.8 km west, freeDirections
- Car park1.8 km north-west, freeDirections
The nearest public car parks as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap. Check the route before you go: the nearest isn't always where the walk starts.
Next hill up
Yewbarrow, 629 m, 3.6 km north
Nearby
- Whin Rigg (Wasdale)537 m, 2.3 km away
- Middle Fell582 m, 2.9 km away
- Buckbarrow423 m, 3.5 km away
- Yewbarrow629 m, 3.6 km away
- Scafell964 m, 4.1 km away
- Slight Side762 m, 4.1 km away
Distances are as the crow flies.
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