# Clints Crags

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Small fell in Cumbria, England

Clints Crags Highest point Elevation 245 m (804 ft) Prominence 53 m (174 ft) Parent peak Binsey Listing Outlying Wainwright Coordinates 54°42′22″N 3°17′42″W / 54.706°N 3.295°W / 54.706; -3.295 Geography Clints Crags Lake District, England Parent range Northern Fells Topo map OS Landranger 96

**Clints Crags** is a small fell in the north of the English [Lake District](/source/Lake_District) near [Blindcrake](/source/Blindcrake), [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria). It has its own chapter in [Alfred Wainwright](/source/Alfred_Wainwright)'s *[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland](/source/The_Outlying_Fells_of_Lakeland)*. He describes a circular walk from Blindcrake, and laments that at the time of writing (1974): "This is a walk on public footpaths, but until somebody removes the barbed wire and other obstacles to legitimate progress it can be recommended only to gymnasts."[1] It reaches 804 feet (245 m). Since the time of writing the barbed wire has been removed and the path to the summit is clear of obstructions.

Clints Crags offers a pleasant and easy stroll to the summit from the village of Blindcrake. The gradient of the crags is much steeper rising north out of the Isel valley; however. there are no footpaths to the crags from the valley bottom. There is an old limestone quarry near the summit of the hill, now an [SSSI](/source/SSSI), home to a rare species of newt that breeds in the old quarry lakes. The summit is a large expanse of limestone outcrops and [pavement](/source/Limestone_pavement), which is also a designated SSSI. The fragile limestone habitat supports various rare calcareous species of flora and fauna.

Limestone pavement on Clints Crags

## Other places of the same name

There are other places called **Clints Crags** in [Wensleydale](/source/Wensleydale), North Yorkshire (just south of [Leighton Reservoir](/source/Leighton_Reservoir))[2] and above [Ireshopeburn](/source/Ireshopeburn) in [Weardale](/source/Weardale), [County Durham](/source/County_Durham).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wainwright_1-0)** [Wainwright, A.](/source/Alfred_Wainwright) (1974). "Clints Crags". *[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland](/source/The_Outlying_Fells_of_Lakeland)*. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 204–205.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Clints Crags"](https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/494961). *Geograph*. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ireshope Burn at Clints Crags, with cave"](https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2186610). *Geograph*. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

## External links

- [Clints Crags](https://clintscrags.co.uk)

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