Blease Fell

About Blease Fell

Rising as a broad, grassy shoulder on the western fringe of the Dales, this quiet Tump offers a tranquil alternative to the busier Three Peaks. The terrain is typically Pennine moorland—undulating and often damp—rewarding walkers with a sense of isolation and expansive views towards the limestone scars of Ingleborough.

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• •The name likely derives from the Old Norse word 'bles', meaning a white spot or 'blaze' (commonly used for a marking on a horse's face), which in a landscape context often referred to a pale patch of bare ground or scree on a hillside.
• •Situated on the borderlands of the Yorkshire Dales and the Forest of Bowland, the fell forms part of the sprawling Bentham Moors, a plateau of gritstone and peat that feels far more remote than its modest altitude suggests.
• •The summit provides a grandstand view of the Lune Valley to the west, while to the northeast, the massive bulk of Ingleborough dominates the skyline, appearing particularly imposing from this lower perspective.
• •Walkers often combine a visit to the summit with the Great Stone of Fourstones, a significant glacial erratic deposited during the last Ice Age that sits on the moorland plateau to the south.
• •This is a landscape that rewards the well-waterproofed; the local peat hags are frequently deeper and more ambitious than the gentle gradient of the map might suggest.