High Rigg & St John's In The Vale from Legburthwaite (The Lake District)

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High Rigg is a small Fell in the Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge. This separation from its fellows ensures that it is a Marilyn (a hill with prominence of at least 150m).

The Hill itself resembles a model of the Lakeland Fells in miniature, complete with crags, intermediate tops, tarns and even a 'pass' crossing the ridge halfway along, complete with church. The northern and southern aspects of the fell are largely grassed and gently rolling, in contrast to the western and eastern flanks which are steep with numerous rocky outcroppings and cliffs.

Travelling south to north the main features are Wren Crag 311(m) overlooking the Vale of St John, Yew Crag facing west and then two tops South and South East and the true summit at 357(m). The ridge then falls to the 'pass' and St John's church, before rising again to Low Rigg. and finally coming to Tewet Tarn a shallow pool standing on a shelf, overlooked by higher rocks.

St John's In The Vale is in the heart of the northern Lake District and is surrounded by many of the most striking of the Lakeland fells. It runs from south to north, set between the rocky flanks of Clough Head to the east and the neighbours High Rigg and Low Rigg to the west. The southern end of the vale is a narrow pass between High Rigg and Great Dodd, just to the north of the small settlement of Legburthwaite.

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