Swinside (Derwent Water)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Swinside
Photo = Swinside.jpg
Caption = Swinside, with Skiddaw behind
Elevation = 244 m (801 ft)
Location = Lake District, England
Range =
Prominence = 152 m
Parent peak = Dale Head
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 89, 90
Type =
First ascent =
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = NY243224
Listing = Marilyn
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Swinside is a hill in the northwestern area of the English Lake District. It is small, wooded and surrounded by much bigger and more popular fells, meaning it is often overlooked. Alfred Wainwright, for instance, failed to include it in his pictorial guides to fells in the Lake District.

Unlike many of its grander neighbours, Swinside is a Marilyn as a result of being completely surrounded by a moat of low boggy ground. Until recently it was also completely covered by trees, but a track now leads up to the summit where the trees have been felled.