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  • Forensics officers were working on Saturday at the scene, in a cul-de-sac called Scafell, part of a normally quiet estate of town houses and bungalows.

    Telegraph Major News 2010

  • A reader responded: I don't think so; that would be 320m higher than Scafell Pike, the highest point in England.

    Corrections and clarifications 2011

  • Scafell peeps between Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man, and Helvellyn is in view.

    Country diary: Cartmel, Cumbria 2012

  • Whether you wish to climb Scafell Pike or bag a munro, they provide qualified guides and equipment from £140 per day for two.

    Culture in Glasgow, cosy pubs in the Cotswolds 2012

  • Jones, from the Matlock area of Derbyshire, had camped with a friend at Wasdale Head near Scafell Pike in Cumbria before they set off at 11.30am on Friday to climb the peak.

    Teenager who died on Scafell Pike is named as Lee Jones 2012

  • From Fawcett Forest and Strickland Roger in the east out through the Coniston fells and on to Scafell and Great Gable in the west, he strives to make their passage trouble-free despite the resulting pounding of boots, fell-running shoes, bicycle tyres and horses' hooves gouging into the terrain.

    Country diary: Lake District 2011

  • Even the stance on Scafell's Central Buttress called The Oval has had the heavy roller applied, thanks to the snowdrifts weighing down here of late.

    Country diary: Lake District 2011

  • The campsite is tucked into the folds of the fells with the mountains of the Scafell range to the north-west, and the Old Man of Coniston to the south-east.

    The 10 best campsites for views 2011

  • Tennis Court Wall may be a humble "pitch" in the maw of Moss Ghyll's cavernous cleft in Scafell Crag, but to rock climbers approaching its challenge, it is now pristine again.

    Country diary: Lake District 2011

  • Scafell Pike in Cumbria, where teenager Lee Jones died after getting lost in snow.

    Teenager who died on Scafell Pike is named as Lee Jones 2012

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