Ill Bell – Striding Edge

Height	757 metres \|2484 feet
Grid Reference	NY 43668 07725
Category	The Far Eastern Fells \| Birkett

Thornthwaite Crag from the summit of Ill Bell.

There are only two large cairns standing on Ill Bell now (2026).

Previous walks on this fell:

Date

Walk Details

Thursday 8th October 2026

Walk: The Kentmere Horseshoe
From: Kentmere
Kentmere – Garburn Pass – Yoke – Ill Bell – Froswick – Thornthwaite Crag – High Street – Mardale Ill Bell – Nan Bield Pass – Harter Fell – Kentmere Pike – Goat Scar – Shipman Knotts – Kentmere [21.5km, 1108m ascent]
Monday 19th April 2010

Walk: The Kentmere Horseshoe
From: Kentmere
Kentmere – Garburn Pass – Yoke – Ill Bell – Froswick – Thornthwaite Beacon – High Street – Mardale Ill Bell – Nan Bield Pass – Harter Fell – Kentmere Pike – Shipman Knotts – Kentmere [13 miles, 1161m ascent]
Tuesday 6th February 2007

Walk: The Kentmere Horseshoe
From: Kentmere
Kentmere – Garburn Pass – Yoke – Ill Bell – Froswick – Thornthwaite Beacon – High Street – Mardale Ill Bell – Nan Bield Pass – Harter Fell – Kentmere Pike – Shipman Knotts – Kentmere [12 miles, 1100m ascent]
Tuesday 8th March 2005

Walk: The Kentmere Horseshoe
From: Kentmere
Kentmere – Garburn Pass – Yoke (313) – Ill Bell (314) – Froswick (315) – Thornthwaite Beacon – Mardale Ill Bell – Nan Bield Pass – Harter Fell – Kentmere Pike (316) – Goat Scar (317) – Shipman Knotts (318) – Kentmere [13.7 miles, 1436m ascent]
Tuesday 24th June 2003

Walk: The Kentmere Horseshoe
From: Kentmere
Kentmere – Garburn Pass – Yoke – Ill Bell – Froswick – Thornthwaite Beacon – High Street – Mardale Ill Bell – Nan Bield Pass – Harter Fell – Kentmere Pike – Shipman Knotts – Kentmere