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| Name: | Swarth Fell Pike |
| Hill number: | 2751 |
| Height: | 651m / 2136ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2720 Wild Boar Fell |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Lune |
| Watershed: | St Bees Head to Ravenscar, Morecambe Bay |
| Class: | Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Deleted Nuttall (BL,Bg,xN) |
| Grid ref: | SD 76089 95823 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground E of fence |
| Drop: | 11m |
| Col: | 640m SD759959  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL19S |
| Observations: | rock 40m W and cairn 70m SE are both lower |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 286 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Up from east through developing mixed woodland to visit the concrete ring. Cool wind at time but managed to avoid the heavy showers seen in distance. | cjo | 02/07/2023 |
| Aisgill Cottages - Hanging Lund - Little Fell - Yoadcomb Scar - Wild Boar Fell trig - Swath Fell- Swarth Fell Pike - Tup Hole - Brunt. Cloudy & breezy but clear. 16.3km 3hrs 46. Mobbed by lapwings, curlew, snipe chicks, excellent | John Eley | 07/06/2023 |
| Circuit of Wild Boar Fell tops and Swarth Fell tops from Cotegill Bridge, reasonably dry underfoot, on a cool but not too windy day. | milimana | 11/10/2022 |
| From Aisgill via Wild Boar Fell | The Playful Pig | 10/10/2022 |
| Before the battle over to Baugh Fell | conanharrod | 08/05/2022 |
| Nuttall walk 11.2: Wild Boar Fell, Wild Boar Fell East Top, Swarth Fell, Swarth Fell Pike, Baugh Fell (Tarn Rigg Hill) , Knoutberry Haw. Very hard, often pathless walk on a beautiful March day. Parked on the raod, car surrounded by fell ponies. | Lazylizzie | 26/03/2022 |
| Parking at barn at SD776965. N along B6259 and up farm track to Hazelgill. Then bridleway to High Dolphinsty. Good ATV track out to Little Fell and back. Good path up to Wild Boar Fell summit with good linking path to E top. Poorer path down to col and along to Swarth Fell. At Swarth Fell Pike took small path at Rt angles L (NE) down through Stubbing Rigg to Aisgill Moor Cottages. | Isbjorn | 24/08/2021 |
| With Sue from side of road nr Shaw Paddock, follow path to barn and boggy walk up hill White Birks Common to Swarth Fell Pike and Swarth Fell. Return along tops following boundary to Turner Hill and decent. | Frank | 22/11/2020 |
| Parked at barn at 364 spot height. Used quad track through new plantation until I came to big mud slide area. Ground totally saturated. Easy fence to cross at top of plantation the easy up steeper ground where there is a path. With Bryher | jenx | 19/11/2020 |
| Cotegill Bridge > Angerholme Pots > Little Fell > The Nab > Wild Boar Fell > Swarth Fell > Swarth Fell Pike > Hell Gill Force > Cotegill Bridge Just Me and H, Blue Sky day with a nagging cold wind, ground not too wet. | johnkaysleftleg | 17/09/2020 |
| From A638 for a round of Swarth Fell Pike, Swarth Fell and Wild Boar Fell. | rhalstead | 16/09/2020 |
| 19.3 miles 2889ft walk, start at Cross Hall Farm Caravan Park Cautley, walk along A638 to Beck Side, take right Lane to Bluecaster Side, follow briddleway across moor to Uldale then Nutall route to Flint Howe and Sand Tarn then summit of Wild Boar Fell, cross plateau to view point then follow fence line to Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike, back track and take fence line down across Holmes Moss Hill to A Pennine Journey path and follow west to Foggy Hiil and back to Cautley. | stephenbuda | 10/09/2020 |
| Very easy jog from Swarth Fell, feeling intrepid, zipped up against the wind. Quick descent to Aisgil Moor Cotts and ran along road to start. 1 hour 15 mins. | Wycombe Wanderer | 04/09/2020 |
| From Aisgill Cottages, walked north along the Lady Anne Highway, then south back along the ridge top visiting Wild Boar Fell, Wild Boar Fell East Top, Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike with Chris, Christine, Eric, Geoff and Steve. 18Km with 700m ascent in 6 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 13/08/2020 |
| Mallerstang round | emily | 20/06/2020 |
| with Swarth Fell from Uldale. Snow in June. | jef | 05/06/2020 |
| W/Wright WotHF no.28. | Sedge | 05/06/2020 |
| Parked near Cotegill Bridge, along road to access fell opposite Aisgill Moor Cottages, and followed a diminishing track all the way to the summit. | Fisky Boy | 11/09/2019 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 11/09/2019 |
| On route of descent from Swarth Pike | Gary Heath | 26/08/2019 |
| u3a | softsquare | 12/04/2018 |
| From parking area at Cote bridge on B6259 to East. | mart0797 | 07/04/2018 |
| From Cotegill Bridge with Roger Templeman, trig bagging and searching for old benchmarks on Swarth and Wild Boar Fells. | jonglew | 25/07/2017 |
| Little Fell, Wild Boar Fell, Wild Boar Fell East Top, Swarth Fell, Swarth Fell Pike, Baugh Fell, Knoutberry Haw | keithouk | 18/06/2017 |
| From Garsdale station. Quick lunch at the Moorcock Inn (highly recommended) then up via Turner Hill. Despite the recent dry weather the ground was very squelchy underfoot. Excellent views from the top. | Jake994 | 31/05/2017 |
| added to nuttall walk solo poor visibility | colinfielding | 03/03/2017 |
| Wild Boar Fell (both tops), Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike. Was intending to carry on to Baugh Fell but the weather was foggy and drizzly so bailed out back to Uldale. | clivevilla | 24/01/2017 |
| From Thrang Via Aisgill cottages First snow of the year for me | Northender | 09/11/2016 |
| Solo. (My 900th UK top.) en route to Baugh Fell from Wild Boar Fell. | Aimless Rambler | 05/11/2016 |
| From Fat Lamb Country Inn near Ravenstonedale (NY 73922 02370) - Cote Moor - Little Fell - The Nab - Wild Boar Fell - Wild Boar Fell East Top - Swarth Fell - Swarth Fell Pike. Return via Wild Boar Fell East Top, Yoadcomb Scar, Blackbed Scar and The Nab. | david230201 | 14/10/2016 |
| Having hit the road off Little Fell at Shaw Paddock I climbed the pike via Pasture Rigg. Lower down quite reedy but just rough grass higher up. Good though soggy path up towards top. Decent sized cairn atop. Baugh fell looks massive from here. | stig_nest | 08/10/2016 |
| With Cabe. | simon and co | 18/08/2016 |
| Nuttall walk 11.2 with Frank and Steve from Uldale. Warm but with some rain. | Lou | 31/07/2016 |
| Parking area on west side of Coregill Bridge at SD774969 Crossed road, over stile & up to end of 4x4 track at 768968 Across rough moorland via Flue Scarth Nick to unmarked summit which lies on the Westmorland/Yorkshire boundary Down to Aisgill Moor Cottages & then up Sails. (S) | gerrybowes | 23/07/2015 |
| Done during the Mountain Yomp Challenge Race. | Lykewake42 | 07/06/2015 |
| 10.6km walked. Solo | skyemumbler | 20/04/2015 |
| From Swarth Fell | rb | 07/02/2015 |
| Wild Boar Fell - Wild Boar Fell East Top - Swarth Fell - Swarth Fell Pike - Baugh Fell - Knoutberry Haw | ronaldo333 | 24/05/2014 |
| With Andy and Claire after Wildboar Fell | Crib Goch | 17/11/2013 |
| See Wild Boar Fell. | MorecambeMonkey | 17/11/2013 |
| From Swarth Fell. Rushing because thunderstorm going on over Wild Boar Fell and further N towards Kirkby Stephen. However, amazingly, it didn't reach here! | Aye Jimmy | 13/07/2013 |
| Bagged with Swarth Fell | ijpowell | 02/04/2013 |
| Aisgill Cottages, Hellgill, High Road, Pendragon castle, Little Fell, Wild Boar Fell, Swarth fell, Swarth Fell Pike. Bright, lying snow. Long distance views. | PaulH | 13/03/2013 |
| A dissappointing day on the weather front but got to the top of Wild Boar Fell when clear from the west. After going out to Swarth Fell and dropping to the coll, chose to return to the car and leave Baugh Fell for another day. | SS | 20/10/2012 |
| On survey trip with Jim | webmaster | 13/10/2012 |
| En route Garsdale to Swarth Fell. | JOHNS | 07/10/2012 |
| From Pendragon Castle via Wild Boar Fell. | Wheelsy | 24/10/2011 |
| 'Pike' my a**e; it's as flat as a pancake up here! Fourth of 6 tops @ 11am after bivvying the night at Uldale & coming up over from Wild Boar Fell. Baugh Fell looks a pretty awesome mound of peat! | signyred | 23/08/2011 |
| From Wild Boar Fell. 4/4 cloud. Hazy. With PM. | CJM | 12/04/2011 |
| 1 | dads | 24/10/2010 |