Great Knipe
North Pennines · England
89th highest of 97 in the North Pennines · 7.1 km from Brough Sowerby
About Great Knipe
Great Knipe is a 515 m (1,690 ft) peak in the North Pennines, rising 67 m above the col that joins it to higher ground. It counts towards one hill list: Deweys.
Great Knipe is the 89th highest of the 97 summits Atlas lists in the North Pennines, and the joint 34th by prominence. The nearest village is Brough Sowerby, 7.1 km to the west.
The summit carries an Ordnance Survey trig pillar: third-order pillar, 515 m (OS station NY71T026). Atlas collects the pillar separately from the summit.
The nearest other summit is Moudy Mea (520 m), 2.9 km to the south.
Key facts
- Height
- 515 m 1,690 ft
- Prominence
- 67 m
- Region
- North Pennines England
- Nearest summit
- Moudy Mea 2.9 km S · 520 m
- Height rank
- 89th of 97 Summits in the North Pennines
- Nearest village
- Brough Sowerby 7.1 km W
- Trig pillar
- Third-order pillar, 515 m OS station NY71T026
- Hill lists
- 1 Deweys
Plan a walk
- Lay-by near South Stainmore - 1 km south-west of the summit, as the crow flies
Mountain forecast for Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines: MWIS
Nearest car park in a straight line, not a route. Places from OS Open Names, car parks © OpenStreetMap contributors. Credits.
- Grid reference
- NY 867 144
- Coordinates
- 54.52526, -2.20620
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On one hill list
- Deweys - Joint 348th of 425 by height. Hills in England, Wales and the Isle of Man between 500 m and 2,000 ft (609.6 m) with at least 30 m of drop on every side.
Around Great Knipe
- Haska Rigg - Trig point · 2 km S
- Millstone Howe - Trig point · 2.5 km S
- Moudy Mea - 520 m · 2.9 km S
- Thorny Gale - Trig point · 4.3 km W
- Great Black Hill - Trig point · 4.8 km S
- Shacklesborough - Trig point · 4.9 km NE
- Iron Band - 563 m · 5.3 km NW
- High Greygrits - 522 m · 5.7 km S
- Nine Standards Rigg - 662 m · 9.4 km SW
- Bink Moss - 619 m · 9.9 km N
- Tinside Rigg - 624 m · 10.7 km NW
- Nateby Common [Tailbridge Hill] - 547 m · 11.1 km SW
- Long Fell - 624 m · 11.2 km NW
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