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Scafell Pike

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Scafell Pike

Highest mountain in England, in the Lake District, Cumbria, northwest England; height 978 m/3,210 ft. It is separated from Scafell (964 m/3,164 ft) by a ridge called Mickledore.

The summit of Scafell Pike was presented to the National Trust by the third Lord Leconfield, as a war memorial, in 1919.



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The little boy completed the 480-mile trek in 62 days, which totals to an average of four peaks a day, and in one gruelling 15-mile session he conquered the two highest peaks in England, 3,162ft Scafell and 3,209ft Scafell Pike.
Steve Hall plus friends and "friends-of-friends" took on the national three peaks challenge - climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 24 hours.
A group of Dudley Council employees, mainly from the building services section which repairs and fits council homes, will be climbing Scafell Pike in the Lake District for charity on September 27.
 
 
 
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