| Name: | Wild Boar Fell |
| Hill number: | 2720 |
| Height: | 708.4m / 2324ft |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EP02 Shunner-boar |
| SMC/RHB section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Lune |
| Watershed: | Morecambe Bay, St Bees Head to Ravenscar, Solway Firth |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SD 75802 98798 |
| Summit feature: | embedded rock 30m S of trig point |
| Drop: | 352.6m |
| Col: | 355.8m SD 7789 9633  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL19S |
| Observations: | rock is 3cm higher than trig point (SD 75796 98888) |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 Survey of Wild Boar Fell (final).doc |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 681 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Walking the Six Peaks Trail. Today from Garsdale station to Kirkby Stephen station. £4.90 for return rail fare. Swarth Fell Pike, Swarth Fell, Wild Boar Fell (both high points) and Little Fell. | ijpowell | 03/06/2024 |
| bus 573 from Kendal dropped me at Stennerskeugh road end. Pennine Bridleway to col then easy slopes to top. | trimarc2 | 15/05/2024 |
| From the parking spot at The Thrang up to Wild Boar Fell,across to the east top,along the ridge to Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike and down to Aisgill Moor cottages.Hitched a lift back up the road to my car with a guy from Kirkby which was very welcome indeed in the heat. | ARM | 10/05/2024 |
| 9 of 10 from the Thrang. | robertphillips | 04/05/2024 |
| Parked at entrance to Little Ing Farm, plenty of little parking spots on this road. Up the bridleway to point 582m, then south west along wide grass path to summit trig and shelter, visited summit rock. lovely walk. | hils | 07/04/2024 |
| Very very wet underfoot. | Donpeblo | 28/03/2024 |
| From Stennerskeugh via the Nab following Wainwright's Howgill book route 27 | benarbia_8 | 06/01/2024 |
| Parked at pull-in by side of road near HazelGill Fm,enough space for two cars, parked sensibly close to the wall, start of path opposite. | mazz | 17/06/2023 |
| 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 |
| From Hazelgill Pennine bridalway to ridge. Good views a leisurely 4hours20 including the cairns to SW. | rogreeves | 18/10/2022 |
| 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 | The Playful Pig | 10/10/2022 |
| From High Stennerskeugh to High Dolphinsty then up the ridge and along path to the summit | JulieB | 22/09/2022 |
| DofE Support | BaggerGutt | 21/09/2022 |
| With Val. From small parking area near Thrang. Short section of road then Pennine Bridleway to ridge and ascent to The east summit then on to the main summit near the TP and shelter. Hot and sunny. Heatwave conditions but thankful for a good breeze higher up. | mike.hoult | 11/08/2022 |
| After Baugh Fell in the morning. Swarth Fell and Wild Boar Fell. from bridge over railway east of Swarth Fell summit. track from here takes you across left to wall, followed this up to point where it turned south then straight up rto ridge just south of Swarth Fell summit then north along ridge to Wild Boar Fell, an odd line of cairns before you get there. A very impressive summit shelter. North to Bridle Way, then back along road to start. Might have been better to double bacvk tyo Swarth Fell Tarn using walls as guide down to start point. A good walk. | dickscroop | 22/06/2022 |
| Seventh summit of the week for Boo and I. The one metre climb from the east top began to take it's toll. Boo jumped in every bog and mini tarn across the top. | Alphaville199 | 28/05/2022 |
| 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 |
| Up and down from the pub and annoyed when we realised that we could have parked closer to the PBW. | PhilipChaston | 28/08/2021 |
| 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 |
| From the east, path from Little Ing up onto north ridge. | Topographer57 | 13/07/2021 |
| With John Bethel | andydgreen1 | 05/07/2021 |
| Walked from layby on Kerby Stephen, up lady Anne's way to just before outgill then up to col and then summit. Walked along ridge southwards and then returned down to B 6259. Took refreshment at the Moorcock, accompanied by MCW. Also summited in 2016 with RW and GW | Woolly Hattie | 16/06/2021 |
| Parked at the Street, followed the Pennine Bridleway to the top, then up the path onto Wild Boar Fell East Top, then across to Wild Boar Fell and back down via Sand Tarn and The Clouds to parking. | Chipstertrain | 18/04/2021 |
| Making most of dryer under foot conditions. Evening circular of 3 tops from Uldale. Bit of a slog | conanharrod | 16/04/2021 |
| Circuit from Uldale including Baugh Fell. Sunny, clear, cold winds | Rockdoctor | 02/04/2021 |
| Ascent from Hazelgill. Followed the main path, and turned back perhaps 50 metres vertical height below The Nab owing to poor visibility, high winds, and slippery grass underfoot. | thomasrandall96 | 17/12/2020 |
| Beautiful day. With Bryher from near Aisgill Cottages. Impressive massive area of native trees planted on Aisgill Moor. Very wet underfoot there and recent big mudslide. | 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 |
| From Aisgill Cottages, walked north along the Lady Anne Highway, then south 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 |
| Walking from Garsdale Station (Garsdale Head) ascent of Turner Hill and on to Swarth Fell Pile following fence line. On to Wild Boar Fell. Return via the same route. | raymooremanx | 14/06/2020 |
| Out and back from Thrang. Mist cleared before start, lovely day but windy. | Rounsfell | 13/06/2020 |
| W/Wright WotHF no.28. | Sedge | 05/06/2020 |
| On circular walk from Smithy Gill Bridge via Swarth Fell, then on to High Seat and Little Fell. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 27/05/2020 |
| Return from here descending passed Sand Tarn and down the North slopes to the track and back to the start. | smocks and denims | 05/03/2020 |
| From The Thrang. Under the railway on PBW, over to Wild Boar Fell from the col then onto Swarth Fell | Longwojo | 22/12/2019 |
| Round walk from parking area near cotegill bridge to wild boar fell and swarth fell then over to swarth fell pike, east to to road. Solo. | axoree | 09/11/2019 |
| With J during a long weekend in Yorkshire. An iffy weather day meant abandoning our plan to ascend Cross Fell. Headed to the Thrang where there is space for a few cars to park. Walked S along the road to Little Ing Farm where the Pennine Bridleway leads up to the ruined farm & then under a railway arch. Some curious sheep stood their ground by the fence, one farting a greeting at us... Followed the track up to the col & turned L just before the gate up the edge to the cairn at the sharp point. No view, so wandered over to the trig point. Back by the same route getting a brief view at the top of the edge. | NotReallyABagger | 20/10/2019 |
| Wild Boar Fell > Wild Boar Fell East Top from GR: SD 7826 9976 | Hippster | 08/09/2019 |
| Wild Boar Fell > Wild Boar Fell East Top from GR: SD 7826 9976 | ronaldo333 | 08/09/2019 |
| Revisit to see rebuilt trigpillar as part of Robs Cumbria all completion | cjo | 08/09/2019 |
| From NW, The Thrang, revisited en route to the East Top, also to visit the 3rd 708m spot height (SD 76037 98849, level grass, P2ish) | RHW | 08/09/2019 |
| From Little Ing via Bridleway and East Top. | NormanW | 27/08/2019 |
| Parked at the Thrang and climbed via the Pennine Bridleway. Cloud inversion this morning so the views were fantastic. Headed onto Swarth Fell | Gary Heath | 26/08/2019 |
| Parked near to pennine way path, lovely walk to summit, visited the two peaks as both logged as 708m. Warm morning, blue sky good views. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 15/05/2019 |
| cj bw gceabs | chrisj1965 | 13/04/2019 |
| Climbed in the snow with Smivvy. Car wouldn't start when we got back down. Had to be towed 110 miles bank home. Got home at 1:30 in the morning. | zaul_uk | 03/02/2019 |