Armboth Fell

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Armboth Fell
Elevation	479 m (1,572 ft)
Location	Cumbria, England
Range	Lake District
Prominence	c. 25 m
Topo map	OS Explorer OL4
OS grid reference	NY297159
Listing	Wainwright

Armboth Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, believed by Alfred Wainwright to lie in the very centre of Lakeland^[1]

The fell is a domed plateau, three-quarters of a mile across, jutting out to the east of the Derwentwater-Thirlmere watershed. The fell is wet underfoot, with large areas clad in heather. The eastern slopes above Thirlmere have been planted with conifers.

Armboth Fell joins the main ridge via a shallow depression, a little to the south of High Tove. This boggy low point is the source of both Fisher Gill and Launchy Gill, which form the fell's northern and southern boundaries respectively. Both then flow via cascades into Thirlmere. The eastern slopes above the reservoir are steep, particularly at Fisher Crag (1,381 ft)

A small rock outcrop forms the summit, complete with a cairn. There are views east to the Helvellyn range and westward over the main ridge to the higher fells. Fisher Crag presents a better viewpoint, but public access is uncertain.

Paths rise up from Thirlmere along Fisher Gill and further south from near Dob Gill car park. There is a path across the breast of the fell above the trees, but the summit regions are featureless.