Lord's Seat (Crookdale) [Lord's Seat - High House Fell]

About Lord's Seat (Crookdale) [Lord's Seat - High House Fell]

Tucked away east of the A6, this quiet, grassy dome offers a sense of isolation rarely found in the central Lakes. Often called High House Fell, it marks the high point of the Crookdale Horseshoe, rewarding the steady climb with expansive, uncrowded views over the Lune Valley and the Howgill Fells.

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• •The summit is frequently identified as High House Fell on Ordnance Survey maps, taking its name from High House farm located in the valley of Crookdale below.
• •Alfred Wainwright included this summit in his 'Outlying Fells of Lakeland' guide as the principal height of a four-mile circuit, noting that the valley of Crookdale offers a 'delightful walk' away from more congested Lakeland tracks.
• •The summit provides a distinct perspective of the Far Eastern Fells, specifically looking across to the massive bulk of Grey Crag and Tarn Crag, while the M6 motorway and the West Coast Main Line are visible snaking through the valley to the east.
• •The ridge form is part of a complex watershed; drainage from the western slopes feeds the River Kent and eventually Morecambe Bay, while the eastern slopes run into the River Lune.
• •For a hill named after a Lord's seat, the accommodation is remarkably basic; the summit is a simple wire-fenced enclosure on a broad, often saturated plateau where you are far more likely to encounter a Swaledale sheep than a member of the peerage.