Grayrigg Forest
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{{short description|Hill in Cumbria, England}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Grayrigg Forest
| photo = Grayrigg_Forest.jpg
| photo_caption = Grayrigg Forest from further west on Grayrigg Common
| elevation_m = 494
| elevation_ref =
| prominence_m = 190
| prominence_ref =
| parent_peak = High Street
| listing = Marilyn, Fellranger, Hump, Tump, Clem
| location = Lake District, England
| range =
| coordinates = {{coord|54.39208|N|2.6206|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = SD598998
| topo = OS Landranger 97
| type =
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| easiest_route =
| map = United Kingdom Lake District
}}
Grayrigg Forest is a hill in Cumbria, England,{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Mark |title=Walking the Lake District Fells - Mardale and the Far East: High Street and Kentmere |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-78362-813-1 |pages=86– |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrIVEAAAQBAJ&q=%22whinfell+beacon%22&pg=PA259 |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en |chapter=Grayrigg Forest|date=19 March 2020 }}{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 97 Kendal & Morecambe (Windermere & Lancaster)|ISBN= 9780319232088 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}} located on the eastern edge of what might be considered the Lake District. In August 2016 it became part of the eponymous national park. Reaching {{convert|494|m}} above sea level,{{cite web|title=Grayrigg Forest|url=http://www.themountainguide.co.uk/england/grayrigg-forest.htm|website=www.themountainguide.co.uk|access-date=15 March 2016}}{{cite web |title=Grayrigg Forest |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=2603 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=8 February 2021}} its summit is attainable from the less well-known Borrowdale valley.
From near the summit, there are impressive views down into the gorge of the Lune valley, where road, West Coast Main Line railway, M6 motorway and the River Lune crowd between the outliers of the Lake District and the Howgill Fells.
It is one of three summits, along with Winterscleugh and Whinfell Beacon, added to the list of Fellrangers in the 2019–2021 edition of Mark Richards' eight volumes of guidebooks, bringing the list to a total of 230.{{cite web |title=Lake District fells hiking guides |url=https://www.cicerone.co.uk/fellranger |website=Cicerone Press |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en}} They were added when the Lake District National Park boundary was extended in 2019, including them for the first time.
Image:Lune Valley from Grayrigg Forest.jpg valley with M6 motorway and West Coast Main Line railway from near the summit of Grayrigg Forest]]
