Buckbarrow

Buckbarrow
The cliffs of Buckbarrow are unassailable to walkers and prevent a direct ascent
Highest point
Elevation423 m (1,388 ft)
Prominenceless than 5 m
Parent peakSeatallan
ListingWainwright
Coordinates54°26′31″N 3°20′07″W / 54.442°N 3.33514°W / 54.442; -3.33514
Geography
Buckbarrow is located in the Lake District
Buckbarrow
Buckbarrow
Location in the Lake District
Buckbarrow is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Buckbarrow
Buckbarrow
Location in Copeland Borough
LocationCumbria, England
Parent rangeLake District, Western Fells
OS gridNY135061
Topo mapOS Landranger 89, OS Explorer OL6

Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m (1,388 ft). The fell’s name means ‘The hill of the buck or goat’. It is derived either from the Old English word bucc meaning buck or the Old Norse word bokki meaning a male goat.