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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Adventurer Nic

June 25, 2021

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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.

51m

July 27, 2023

Running

Loadpot Hill has a stone trig point at 2,204 feet (672 m). It's a good landmark to aim at when running up on to the fells from the east. The summit is just off the course of the old Roman Road and the High Street byway.

Loadpot Hill is the first trig and proper high point on the Joss Naylor Challenge route.

Rambling_Richard

January 21, 2022

Hiking

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

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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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