Loadpot Hill is a broad, windswept upland in the northwest of the Lake District National Park. Heading north, it is the final fell of substantial height in Wainwright’s Far Eastern Fells and, despite its rather flat summit robbing any view of immediate impact, it is a glorious vantage for gazing more distantly across the fells around Ullswater and towards the Helvellyn range.

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Location: Bampton, Eden, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Fusedale Round - Steel Knotts, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike

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2. Ullswater, Howtown & Loadpot Hill loop from Pooley Bridge — Lake District National Park

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3. The Ullswater shore, Howtown & Loadpot Hill loop from Pooley Bridge — Lake District National Park

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Adventurer Nic

June 25, 2021

Loadpot Hill is a 2,205-foot (672 m) Wainwright fell in the Lake District National Park. The summit is a broad, grassy plateau and there is a trig point present. The Wainwright summit of the fell does not appear to be the trig pillar itself though so purist Wainwright baggers will have to walk 260 feet (80 m) SW of the trig point to find that. The majority of people however will tap the trig pillar, admire the views and continue along the ridge to Wether Hill.

Rambling_Richard

January 21, 2022

Not much in the way of views here, helvellyn range continues to dominate the distance

The Yorkshire Hiker

May 5, 2024

The true Wainwright summit is not the trig pillar itself. Locate the highest point of land South West of the trig if you’re a purist doing the Wainwrights

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Location: Bampton, Eden, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Fusedale Round - Steel Knotts, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike

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