Skiddaw is a hill in the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With a summit at 921 m (3054 feet) above sea level it is the fourth highest hill in England, and the lowest above 3000 feet. It lies just north of the town of Keswick. It is the simplest of the Lake District mountains of this height to walk up (as there is a "tourist track" from a car park to the north-east of Keswick, near the summit of Latrigg ) and as such many walking guides recommend it to the occasional walker wishing to climb a hill.
The hill lends its name to the surrounding areas of "Skiddaw Forest", and "Back o' Skidda'" and to the isolated "Skiddaw House", situated to the east, formerly a shooting lodge and subsequently a youth hostel.
Skiddaw has a subsidiary summit, Little Man, which lies about 1.5 km south-south-west of the main peak. Little Man is about 100 m above the main tourist track route to Skiddaw proper, and may easily be climbed as slight diversion from the route.
Skiddaw was also the name of a merchant sailing ship built in Workington in 1852.
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