Claife Heights is an upland area in the

Lake District The Lake District, also known as ''the Lakes'' or ''Lakeland'', is a mountainous region and National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mou ...

, near to

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, England. It has a

topographic prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

of so is classified as a Marilyn (a hill with prominence of at least 150m). It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book '' The Outlying Fells of Lakeland''. He describes a clockwise circuit starting at Far Sawrey and passing Moss Eccles Tarn. He says ''"Claife Heights is delightful. It was more so before forestry curtailed walking and restricted the views."'' and describes it as ''"No definite summit. Highest parts about 900ft."''

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Marilyns of England Fells of the Lake District Westmorland and Furness {{Cumbria-geo-stub