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Burney (Great Burney)
298m (978ft)

The Southern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

Burney (Great Burney) is called 'Burney' in Alfred Wainwright's 1974 Book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'.

The summit of Burney (Great Burney) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


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Walk Burney (Great Burney) walking UK Mountains in The Southern Marches The Lake District National Park Cumbria, England

The view from the summit of Burney (Great Burney)

Photo: Andy Malcolm

You can find Burney (Great Burney) & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland


97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster


See Burney (Great Burney) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

A go4awalk.com downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map featuring Burney (Great Burney) should be available soon.


We will be adding easy-to-follow route maps up Burney (Great Burney) very soon.

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Burney (Great Burney) Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Burney (Great Burney)

Adrian Howard walked up Burney (Great Burney) on May 6th, 2016 [from/via/route] From Kirkby Moor.

Christine Shepherd climbed Burney (Great Burney) on May 28th, 2015 [from/via/route] Walked from the lay by near the tarn at the bottom on the Woodland Road & just went straight up & down. [with] On my own [weather] Cold & windy but clear

Trevor Williams bagged Burney (Great Burney) on March 9th, 2017 [with] Bob mitchell, paul booth and Barry Salmon [weather] Great

Dave Gay hiked Burney (Great Burney) on June 10th, 2016 [from/via/route] Route as in Wainwrights Outlying Fells book [with] Solo

Andy Pearce summited Burney (Great Burney) on May 30th, 2015 [from/via/route] Woodland Road, South of Great Burney [with] Anita & Stan [weather] Sunny, cool

Mark Davidson conquered Burney (Great Burney) on April 23rd, 2015 [with] Alone [weather] Warm & sunny & warm - glorious - Lost my map en-route & had to do the walk via GPS & my memory of the planned route - only got lost once!

David Lord scaled Burney (Great Burney) on May 11th, 2013 [from/via/route] Started from the car park of the Greyhound pub at Grizebeck, just off the A595. [with] My wife Debbie. [weather] Bright but blustery. - The first real fell that we have walked together. A scenic walk taking in Ashlack Hall.

Peter Thwaites, Louise Sandwith, David Preston, Paul Booth and Paul Woodburn have all walked, climbed & bagged Burney (Great Burney).

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Summit Trig Point on Burney (Great Burney)  with Coniston Water in the distance

Summit Trig Point on Burney (Great Burney) with Coniston Water in the distance

Photo: Christine Shepherd (298)


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