Great Shunner Fell is the highest ground in Wensleydale and the third-highest hill in the Yorkshire Dales, a broad moorland summit with a stone windshelter on top. The Pennine Way climbs over it on the way from Hawes to Thwaite in Swaledale, and its boggy upper slopes are the most southerly place in Great Britain where yellow marsh saxifrage still grows.

Summit Weather

Our Route

Walk it · Our hikeGreat Shunner Fell & Hardraw Force12.7 miles · Hard · 5–7 hrs

Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.

Nearby Hills

Lovely Seat674.8 m
2.3 mi SECalders675.4 m
11.1 mi WBram Rigg Top672 m
11.2 mi WThe Calf676.7 m
11.2 mi WArant Haw605 m
11.7 mi WWhernside736.6 m
11.9 mi SW