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Fair Snape Fell
Fair Snape Fell from the south-west
Highest point
Elevation	521.9 m (1,712 ft)
Prominence	226.2 m (742 ft)
Parent peak	Ward's Stone
Listing	Marilyn
Coordinates	53°55′10″N 2°36′54″W / 53.91936°N 2.61509°W / 53.91936; -2.61509
Geography
Fair Snape FellLocation in the Forest of BowlandShow map of the Forest of BowlandFair Snape FellLocation in LancashireShow map of LancashireFair Snape FellLocation in Wyre BoroughShow map of the Borough of WyreFair Snape FellLocation in Ribble Valley BoroughShow map of the Borough of Ribble Valley
Location	Lancashire, England
Parent range	Forest of Bowland
OS grid	SD597472
Topo map	OS Landranger 102

Fair Snape Fell is one of the larger hills in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. It reaches 521.9 m (1,712 ft) with a prominence of 226.2 m (742 ft) and is classed as a Marilyn. It occupies a position in the very south of the main range of fells, alongside and just to the north of Parlick, to which it is joined by a ridge. The main paths approach the summit from Parlick in the south, Saddle Fell in the east and Bleasdale in the valley to the west. The Saddle Fell approach is as boggy as the hills to the north. The summit is covered in grass and peat groughs. A trig point and large cairn occupy the top of the western escarpment, with the highest point being about 700 metres (770 yd) to the north-east.

The word snape means "pasture"; thus Fair Snape Fell means "fell of the fair (beautiful) pasture".

Considerable areas of the Bowland fells were used for military training during World War II and there are still unexploded bombs in some areas, including nearby Wolf Fell.

• Fair Snape Fell (left) and Parlick (right) viewed from the west
• View from the trig point on Fair Snape Fell, looking down on Parlick.

References

1. ^ "Fair Snape Fell". Hill Bagging. Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

v t e Marilyns of Northern England
1. Northumberland	The Cheviot Housedon Hill Long Crag Peel Fell Ros Hill Shillhope Law Sighty Crag Tosson Hill
2. Northern Lakeland	Binsey Blencathra Knott Skiddaw
3. Western Lakeland	Blake Fell Dale Head Dent Grasmoor Great Gable Grisedale Pike High Stile Kirk Fell Lord's Seat Low Fell Mellbreak Pillar Robinson Seatallan Swinside Watch Hill
4. Central and Southern Lakeland	Black Combe Claife Heights Coniston Old Man Hard Knott Harter Fell High Raise High Rigg Holme Fell Illgill Head Kirkby Moor Lingmoor Fell Loughrigg Fell Muncaster Fell Pike of Blisco Scafell Pike Top o' Selside Whitfell
5. Eastern Lakeland	Arnside Knott Fairfield Grayrigg Forest Great Mell Fell Gummer's How Hallin Fell Helvellyn High Street Hutton Roof Crags Lambrigg Fell Little Mell Fell Place Fell Red Screes St Sunday Crag Seat Sandal Stony Cove Pike Tarn Crag Wansfell Whitbarrow
6. North Pennines and Durham	Burnhope Seat Cold Fell Cross Fell Dufton Pike Mickle Fell
7. Northern Yorkshire Dales	Baugh Fell The Calf Great Shunner Fell Hoove Kisdon Nine Standards Rigg Rogan's Seat Wild Boar Fell Yarlside
8. Southern Yorkshire Dales	Aye Gill Pike Birks Fell Buckden Pike Calf Top Cracoe Fell Dodd Fell Hill Fountains Fell Great Coum Great Knoutberry Hill Great Whernside Ingleborough Pen-y-ghent Rombald's Moor Sharp Haw Whernside
9. North York Moors to the Humber	Bishop Wilton Wold Cringle Moor Gisborough Moor Urra Moor
10. Forest of Bowland	Easington Fell Fair Snape Fell Longridge Fell Ward's Stone White Hill

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