Slight Side

Slight Side
Slight Side (left of picture) seen from the south-east.
Highest point
Elevation762 m (2,500 ft)
Prominence14 m (46 ft)
Parent peakSca Fell
ListingWainwright
Coordinates54°26′03″N 3°13′15″W / 54.43424°N 3.22095°W / 54.43424; -3.22095
Geography
Slight Side is located in the Lake District
Slight Side
Slight Side
Location in the Lake District
Slight Side is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Slight Side
Slight Side
Location in Copeland Borough
LocationCumbria, England
Parent rangeLake District, Southern Fells
OS gridNY209050
Topo mapOS Landranger 89 OS Explorer OL6

Slight Side is a fell in the English Lake District it stands 25 kilometres (16 miles) east southeast of the town of Whitehaven and reaches a height of 762 metres (2,499 ft). Slight Side lies at the south western edge of the Scafell Massif, a four-kilometre-long (2+12-mile) crescent of high ground which includes the highest ground in England. The fells names derives from the Old Norse language and means "The mountain shieling with the level pastures", it is a combination of the Norse words "sletta" and "saetr". With a shieling meaning a shepherds hut or a mountain pasture used in the summer.