SCAFELL
PIKE
At
978 metres (3,208 feet), Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.
It is located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It is sometimes
confused with the neighbouring Sca Fell, to which it is connected by
the pass of Mickledore. The name Pikes of Sca Fell was originally applied
collectively to the peaks now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad
Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell (which looks
higher from many angles). The contraction Scafell Pike originated as
an error on an Ordnance Survey map, but is now standard.
The
land was donated to the National Trust in 1920 by Lord Leconfield in
memory of the men of the Lake District "who fell for God and King,
for freedom, peace and right in the Great War".
