Height: 802 metres / 2631 feet Grid reference: NY 19498 10485 Category: The Western Fells
Kirk Fell has two separate tops, the main and highest one being the south top with the north top across the hollow containing Kirkfell Tarn.
![Looking north-west from Kirk Fell summit](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12.11.07-024.jpg)
Looking north-west from Kirk Fell summit
![Scafell and Scafell Pike with the rising sun across Kirkfell Tarn](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12.11.07-059.jpg)
Scafell and Scafell Pike with the rising sun across Kirkfell Tarn
North Top of Kirk Fell
Height 787 metres/2582 feet Grid Reference NY 19916 10701
![Looking across to Kirk Fell's main summit over the tarn from the north top](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12.11.07-065.jpg)
Looking across to Kirk Fell’s main summit over the tarn from the north top
![The steep climb up to Kirk Fell](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12.11.07-007.jpg)
The steep climb up to Kirk Fell