The North Western Fells occupy the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval swathe of hilly country, elongated on a north-south axis.

Further north across the Vale of Embleton is a final group of very low tops on either side of the Derwent Valley but these are ignored by most guidebooks and hill lists.

The natural boundaries of the fell are Bassenthwaite Lake to the east, Wythop Valley to the south and west, and the Vale of Embleton to the north.

Beck Wythop by contrast cuts through the ridge of high ground running alongside Bassenthwaite and drops directly into the lake.

Bassenthwaite Lake completes the eastern foreground, the hills of Galloway are visible across the Solway Firth,[1] whilst the Isle of Man can be seen to the west.

A footpath branches off left before St Margaret's Church and makes up the fellside, joining a terrace path higher up.