| Name: | Wild Boar Fell East Top |
| Hill number: | 5608 |
| Height: | 707.1m / 2320ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2720 Wild Boar Fell |
| 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: | Eden (Carlisle) |
| Class: | Unclassified (Un) |
| Grid ref: | SD 76154 98529 |
| Summit feature: | no feature 15m NW of shelter |
| Drop: | 4m |
| Col: | 703.1m SD 7610 9854  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL19S |
| Observations: | ground 15m W at SD 76147 98516 is lower |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 Survey of Wild Boar Fell (final).doc |
| Comments: | Summit of fell is hill 2720 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 299 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 |
| Swarth Fell - Wild Boar Fell (both tops) - Little Fell from the Thrang. 11 miles | Gary Heath | 19/05/2024 |
| Bus 573 from Kendal dropped me at Stennerskeugh road end. Pennine Bridleway to col then easy walk 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 |
| 8 of 10 from the Thrang. | robertphillips | 04/05/2024 |
| 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 | The Playful Pig | 10/10/2022 |
| Second summit of today for Boo and I. Walking along scar edge from the Nab. | Alphaville199 | 28/05/2022 |
| Both summits this time via the Nab | 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 John Bethel | andydgreen1 | 05/07/2021 |
| 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 |
| Great viewpoint. With Bryher. | jenx | 19/11/2020 |
| 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 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 |
| W/Wright WotHF no.28. | Sedge | 05/06/2020 |
| Start off the road at Grid 743014. Route up to Wild Boar Fell. | smocks and denims | 05/03/2020 |
| On way to END and Swarth | Longwojo | 22/12/2019 |
| From parking spot near The Thrang with Miranda and hill baggers to celebrate RHW's Cumbria compleation. Impressively pointy fell, enjoyed following the rocky edge on descent. On to Little Fell. | Wycombe Wanderer | 08/09/2019 |
| Revisit to see rebuilt trigpillar as part of Robs Cumbria all completion At this point on the escarpment edge. | cjo | 08/09/2019 |
| My final Cumbrian summit, after revisiting the 3rd 708m spot and the newly rebuilt trig. From NE, The Thrang. Thanks to Ronnie Nicola Jez Miranda Chris David Rick and Phil for company, chilly sunny late pm | RHW | 08/09/2019 |
| From Little Ing via the Pennine Bridleway then along the edge of the ridge before the Marilyn. | NormanW | 27/08/2019 |
| Just a stroll over from summit. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 15/05/2019 |
| cj bw c,g,e,a,b,s | chrisj1965 | 13/04/2019 |
| From Quaker's graveyard near Elm Pot. Lots of parking on grass. Freezing, snow on ground, sunny, great views. | iangalbraith | 17/01/2019 |
| u3a | softsquare | 12/04/2018 |
| Essential to go to this little top as well as the true summit. The views are wonderful. | Gill | 04/08/2017 |
| From Cotegill Bridge via Swarth Fell. Searching for old benchmarks with Roger Templeman. | 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 Swarth Fell. Took the path branching right on ascent to traverse above The Band. Spent a bit of time taking in the grandeur of this spot before crossing the soggy plateau to the main top. | Jake994 | 31/05/2017 |
| 2nd top visibility intermittent solo walk | 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 |
| New Years Day walk. From Stoophill Gate to The Street, Pennine Bridleway to High Dolphinsty, Yoadcomb Scar cairns (lunch), WBF trig, Sand Tarn, Grey Rigg, limestone pavements around High/Low Whiterigg and back to Stoophill Gate. Several inches of snow on the top of WBF, sunny but very cold wind. With Harriet, Mike and Gillian. | richard69 | 01/01/2017 |
| From Thrang Via Aisgill cottages First snow of the year for me | Northender | 09/11/2016 |
| Solo. From Uldale, Main summit and then on to Swarth Fell and others. This was the best of the day. | 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 |
| The better of the two tops even though the Howgill view is missing. Ten cairns right above the edge. | stig_nest | 08/10/2016 |
| Nuttall walk 11.2 with Frank and Steve from Uldale. Warm but with some rain. | Lou | 31/07/2016 |
| Nice walk across summit of Wild Boar Fell is somebody trying to catch up with Nine Standards with all the cairns | philhythe | 26/06/2016 |
| With Jo, from Tommy Road: Little Fell, then onto Wild Boar Fell East Top and Wild Boar Fell. Good track all the way. Weather; generally cloudy, strong wind, good visibility. | amblerbob | 31/05/2016 |
| Ski tour with Thomas...on Mothers day | winterwalker | 06/03/2016 |
| Pendragon Castle - Little Fell - Low/High Dolphinsty - The Nab - Wild Boar Fell - Trig Summit & Youdcomb Scar Summit (East Summit)- The Nab - High Dolphinsty - Little Wold - Turner Hey Hill - Hazelgill - Deepgill - Shoregill - Low & High Cocklake - Road to Start | briandavies | 14/02/2016 |
| With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 17/10/2015 |
| Kirkby Stephen to Garsdale via Nateby, Birkett Common, Little Fell, Wild Boar Fell, Swarth Fell, Knoutberry Haw and Baugh Fell. Visited this one first as I couldn't remember whether it was higher than the trig point, but worth it for the walk along the escarpment! | Mark Jackson | 29/07/2015 |
| 10.6km walked. Solo | skyemumbler | 20/04/2015 |
| Bridle path from Thrang in Upper Eden valley | PeteEdwards | 10/04/2015 |
| From Wild Boar Fell | rb | 07/02/2015 |