Mountains of the UK: Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike

Britain's best-known summits. In Scotland, Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom, with Aonach Mòr and Aonach Beag beside it and Cairn Gorm in the Cairngorms. In Wales, Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, Tryfan and Cadair Idris rise in Snowdonia. In England, Scafell Pike tops the Lake District, where Skiddaw rises above Keswick.

Cadair and cairn both start with CA, and Skiddaw is the only word with a K and a double D.

Mountains of the United Kingdom Vocabulary: 8 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 4 of the 8 read backwards. The longest words are Scafell, Skiddaw and Snowdon, with 7 letters each.

Aonach: Aonach Mòr and Aonach Beag, two high peaks next to Ben Nevis in Scotland.
Cadair: Cadair Idris, a 893 m mountain in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.
Cairn: Cairn Gorm, a 1,245 m peak in Scotland's Cairngorms.
Nevis: Ben Nevis, at 1,345 m the highest mountain in the United Kingdom.
Scafell: Scafell Pike, at 978 m the highest mountain in England.
Skiddaw: A 931 m mountain of the Lake District that rises above the town of Keswick.
Snowdon: Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, at 1,085 m the highest mountain in Wales.
Tryfan: A 917 m rocky peak in Snowdonia, Wales.

How to Solve the Mountains of the United Kingdom Word Search

"Skiddaw", with the only K and a double D, runs upward, like "Aonach" and "Cadair". "Snowdon" and "Tryfan", with the only Y, run down, and so does "Nevis", with the only V. "Scafell" is the only word that reads normally across, and "Cairn" the only one that reads backwards.

UK Mountains Activities

Sort the mountains by country: Scotland, England or Wales.
Find the two Lake District peaks in the list.
Plan a Three Peaks route on a map of Britain.