Hard Rigg
North Pennines · England
75th highest of 97 in the North Pennines · 4 km from Alston
About Hard Rigg
Hard Rigg is a 546 m (1,791 ft) peak in the North Pennines, rising 45 m above the col that joins it to higher ground. It counts towards one hill list: Deweys.
Hard Rigg is the 75th highest of the 97 summits Atlas lists in the North Pennines, and the joint 55th by prominence. The nearest town is Alston, 4 km to the south-west.
The summit carries an Ordnance Survey trig pillar: third-order pillar, 547 m (OS station NY86T029). Atlas collects the pillar separately from the summit.
The nearest other summit is Ayle Common (524 m), 3.4 km to the north-west.
Key facts
- Height
- 546 m 1,791 ft
- Prominence
- 45 m
- Region
- North Pennines England
- Nearest summit
- Ayle Common 3.4 km NW · 524 m
- Height rank
- 75th of 97 Summits in the North Pennines
- Nearest town
- Alston 4 km SW
- Trig pillar
- Third-order pillar, 547 m OS station NY86T029
- Hill lists
- 1 Deweys
Plan a walk
- Fairhill Car Park - 3.8 km south-west of the summit, as the crow flies
- Alston station - 3.9 km south-west of the summit, as the crow flies
Mountain forecast for Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines: MWIS
Nearest station and car park in a straight line, not a route. Places from OS Open Names, stations from NaPTAN, car parks © OpenStreetMap contributors. Credits.
- Grid reference
- NY 749 487
- Coordinates
- 54.83309, -2.39097
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On one hill list
- Deweys - Joint 186th 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 Hard Rigg
- Ayle Common - 524 m · 3.4 km NW
- Middle Fell - Trig point · 4.7 km S
- Alston Moor [Middle Fell] - 580 m · 5 km S
- The Dodd - 614 m · 5.1 km SE
- Pike Rigg - 526 m · 5.5 km N
- Brownley Hill - 534 m · 5.6 km E
- Park Fell - 511 m · 6.2 km SW
- Flinty Fell - 615 m · 7.1 km S
- Killhope Law - 673 m · 8 km SE
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