Swirral Edge, on Helvellyn

A woman was helped from England’s third highest mountain today after injuring her ankle in a fall.

The 53-year-old, from Suffolk, fell about 6m (20ft) from Swirral Edge on Helvellyn. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to her aid at 5.30pm today, Tuesday, after it became clear the walker could not make her own way off the fell.

A spokesperson for the team said: “The lady was treated at the scene and given pain relief before 16 members of the team assisted in her evacuation to Red Tarn and on to Patterdale mountain rescue base where the casualty was transferred to a North West ambulance.”