Gowbarrow Fell | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
Prominence | 100 m (330 ft) |
Parent peak | Little Mell Fell |
Listing | Wainwright |
Coordinates | 54°35′20″N 2°55′03″W / 54.58881°N 2.91761°W |
Naming | |
English translation | Windy hill |
Language of name | Old Norse |
Geography | |
Location | Cumbria, England |
Parent range | Lake District, Eastern Fells |
OS grid | NY408219 |
Topo map | OSExplorer OL5, Landranger 90 |
Gowbarrow Fell (Windy hill) is a low fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater, bounded on one side by Aira Beck with its waterfall Aira Force. The waterfall is a popular attraction for visitors to the area.
In previous centuries the fell was part of a medieval hunting-park, Gowbarrow Park, which belonged to the lords of Greystoke. The fell, along with 750 acres of the park, were bought by the National Trust in 1906.