{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox mountain | name =Blakeley Raise | image =Blakeleyraise1.JPG | image_caption =Blakeley Raise, from Dent | elevation_m =389 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | parent_peak = [[Crag Fell]] | listing = | location = [[Lake District]], [[England]] | range = | coordinates = {{coord|54.510015|N|3.464695|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | grid_ref_UK = | topo =[[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 89, 90, ''Explorer'' OL4 | type = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | map = United Kingdom Lake District }}
'''Blakeley Raise''' is a fell in the English [[Lake District]], standing at 389m. Unlike its neighbours [[Grike (Lake District)|Grike]], [[Crag Fell]] and [[Lank Rigg]] it is not listed as a [[List of Wainwrights|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.
==Topography== Blakeley Raise is a gentle, dome shaped hill, joined to the North-East to Heckbarley (a subsidiary summit of Grike). The lower Western slopes of Blakeley include an area of wetland known as Blakeley Moss, and the [[Kinniside Stone Circle]]. The Northern slopes are heavily forested. A harvesting operation cleared part of this woodland in the mid-nineties, which has subsequently been replanted. A further phase of harvesting has recently been completed, near the summit of Blakeley. The remainder of the hill is covered by rough grassland, grazed by horse and sheep.
== References == <!--- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to create references using <ref></ref> tags which will then appear here automatically --> {{Reflist}} [[Alfred Wainwright]]: ''A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Volume 7 The Western Fells'': Westmorland Gazette (1966): {{ISBN|0-7112-2460-9}}
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