Fair Snape Fell

{{Short description|Hill in Lancashire, England}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Fair Snape Fell

| photo = Fair Snape Fell 234-35.jpg

| photo_caption = Fair Snape Fell from the south-west

| elevation_m = 521.9

| elevation_ref = {{cite web |title=Fair Snape Fell |url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=2815 |website=Hill Bagging |publisher=Database of British and Irish Hills |access-date=2 February 2024}}

| prominence_m = 226.2

| parent_peak = Ward's Stone

| listing = Marilyn

| location = Lancashire, England

| range = Forest of Bowland

| coordinates = {{coord|53.91936|-2.61509|type:landmark_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SD597472)|display=inline}}

| grid_ref_UK = SD597472

| topo = OS Landranger 102

| easiest_route =

| map = United Kingdom Forest of Bowland#United Kingdom Lancashire#United Kingdom Borough of Wyre#United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley

| map_caption = Location in the Forest of Bowland##Location in Lancashire##Location in Wyre Borough##Location in Ribble Valley Borough

}}

{{Commons category|Fair Snape Fell}}

Fair Snape Fell is one of the larger hills in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. It reaches {{cvt|521.9|m|ft }} with a prominence of {{cvt|226.2|m|ft }} and is classed as a Marilyn. It occupies a position in the very south of the main range of fells, alongside and just to the north of Parlick, to which it is joined by a ridge. The main paths approach the summit from Parlick in the south, Saddle Fell in the east and Bleasdale in the valley to the west. The Saddle Fell approach is as boggy as the hills to the north. The summit is covered in grass and peat groughs. A trig point and large cairn occupy the top of the western escarpment, with the highest point being about {{convert|700|m|yard}} to the north-east.

The word snape means "pasture"; thus Fair Snape Fell means "fell of the fair (beautiful) pasture".{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Considerable areas of the Bowland fells were used for military training during

World War II and there are still unexploded bombs in some areas, including nearby Wolf Fell.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Image:FairSnapeFell.jpg|Fair Snape Fell (left) and Parlick (right) viewed from the west

Image:Parlick from Fair Snape Fell 7948.jpg|View from the trig point on Fair Snape Fell, looking down on Parlick.

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{{wide image|Fair Snape Fell and Parlick 235-2.jpg|1000px|Fair Snape Fell (left) and Parlick (right) viewed from the south-west|alt=}}

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