Unlike its neighbours Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg it is not listed as a Wainwright.

Despite this lack of status, Blakeley Raise is a worthy climb, providing extensive views over West Cumbria, Southern Scotland and the Isle of Man, including the towns of Whitehaven and Cleator Moor and the Sellafield nuclear processing site.

Blakeley Raise is a gentle, dome shaped hill, joined to the North-East to Heckbarley (a subsidiary summit of Grike).

A harvesting operation cleared part of this woodland in the mid-nineties, which has subsequently been replanted.

The remainder of the hill is covered by rough grassland, grazed by horse and sheep.