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on its slopes. The
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Nearly all ascents of Cat Bells start from Hawse End at the foot of the northern ridge; there is car parking here but the spaces soon get taken on busy summer days. Ascents can also be made from Grange and from
Newlands. Hawse End is also served by the Derwentwater Motor Launch and this enables
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Keswick to combine a sail on the lake with an ascent of the fell. Many walkers who reach the top of Cat Bells return to their starting point after admiring the view: however, strong walkers can continue along the ridge to take in the fells of
304:"It is one of the great favourites, a family fell where grandmothers and infants can climb the heights together, a place beloved. Its popularity is well deserved: its shapely topknott attracts the eye offering a steep but obviously simple scramble."
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from the
Newlands valley. It rises due south from Hawse End, reaching the summit in two distinct steps. The lower top is named Skelgill Bank. Beyond the summit of Cat Bells is the steep-sided depression of
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Catbells.
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The summit is all rock with many loose stones lying amid the small outcrops. The view from the top of Cat Bells gives a fine panorama which is dominated by the aerial view of
Derwentwater.
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who wrote the
Herries series of books when he lived here from 1924 to his death in 1941, in what he called "a little paradise on Cat Bells".
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A 360 degree view from the summit of Cat Bells. The view North of the summit (middle of the image) takes in
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36:Mountain in Cumbria, England
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646:A Walk Around the Lakes
633:The North-Western Fells
620:More Walks in the Lakes
607:The North-Western Fells
581:The North-Western Fells
568:The North-Western Fells
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946:Lord's Seat
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116:Coordinates
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1160:Hindscarth
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1055:Scar Crags
1020:Slate Fell
1006:Watch Hill
995:Powter How
970:Graystones
955:Whinlatter
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866:Scar Crags
821:Knott Rigg
811:Hindscarth
796:Graystones
761:Broom Fell
657:G Lindop,
541:References
445:Blencathra
421:Borrowdale
395:to give a
389:Hindscarth
328:Hause Gate
317:Topography
126:54°34′07″N
109:Wainwright
82:Prominence
1185:Holm Crag
1180:High Doat
1170:Cat Bells
1151:Dale Head
1130:Whiteside
1090:Stile End
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1070:Ard Crags
1040:Crag Hill
980:Sale Fell
975:Ling Fell
886:Whiteside
861:Sale Fell
841:Outerside
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781:Dale Head
771:Cat Bells
746:Ard Crags
644:H Davies,
618:J Parker
517:Memorials
385:Dale Head
356:sandstone
352:siltstone
263:Cat Bells
179:Cat Bells
154:Geography
129:3°10′15″W
97:Dale Head
72:Elevation
42:Cat Bells
1234:Category
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1196:Robinson
1165:High Spy
1031:Grasmoor
851:Robinson
806:High Spy
791:Grasmoor
393:Robinson
381:High Spy
348:mudstone
254:Explorer
252:89, 90,
242:Topo map
234:NY244199
195:Location
29:cat bell
18:Catbells
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449:Keswick
441:Skiddaw
417:Skiddaw
362:Ascents
338:Geology
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282:Cumbria
276:in the
271:English
269:in the
228:OS grid
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199:Cumbria
104:Listing
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