| Swirl How | |
|---|---|
 Swirl How from Great Carrs | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 802.42[1] m (2,632.6 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 112 m (disputed) |
| Listing | Wainwright, Hewitt, Nuttall |
| Coordinates | 54°23′44″N 3°07′16″W / 54.39566°N 3.12123°W |
| Geography | |
  Swirl How Location in Lake District, UK | |
| Location | Cumbria, England (traditionally Lancashire) |
| Parent range | Lake District, Southern Fells |
| OS grid | NY273006 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 97, Explorer OL6 |
Swirl How is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Coniston and the Duddon Valley in the southern part of the District. It rivals the Old Man of Coniston as the highest point within the traditional County Palatine of Lancashire[2] (it has been administered since 1974 by Cumbria County Council for local government purposes).
The Coniston (or Furness) Fells form the watershed between Coniston Water and the Duddon valley to the west. The range begins at Wrynose Pass and runs south for around 10 miles (16 km) before petering out at Broughton in Furness on the Duddon Estuary. Alfred Wainwright in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells took only the northern half of the range as Lakeland proper, consigning the lower fells to the south to a supplementary work The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Swirl How being a significant high point of the Coniston Fells therefore qualifies as one of the 214 Wainwrights. Later guidebook writers have chosen to include the whole range in their main volumes.[3][4]
- ^ Barnard, John; Bloomer, Jim; Graham, Jackson (24 May 2018). "Surveys of Swirl How and Coniston Old Man" (PDF). hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ County Palatine of Lancashire (Friends of Real Lancashire), http://www.forl.co.uk/online-resources/lancashire-county-palatine
- ^ Richards, Mark: Southern Fells: Collins (2003): ISBN 0-00-711367-6
- ^ Birkett, Bill: Complete Lakeland Fells: Collins Willow (1994): ISBN 0-00-218406-0