Base Brown
646m (2120ft)

The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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

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

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

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NB: Whether you print off a copy on to paper or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers Maps will prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal!

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Base Brown

John Tippins walked up Base Brown on July 11th, 2022 [from/via/route] From Honister [with] With Afia and Farah [weather] Dry, sunny & warm; a little wind chill on top.

Paul Macey climbed Base Brown on June 6th, 2022 [from/via/route] C417 in reverse [with] Luke [weather] Cloudy but cloud above summits

Ian Ashton bagged Base Brown on September 4th, 2021 [from/via/route] Seathwaite & corridor route down [with] Solo

Claire Kirk hiked Base Brown on July 25th, 2021 [from/via/route] Seathwaite [with] Suzy [weather] Very hot & sunny, Clear day

Michael Austin summited Base Brown on June 17th, 2021 [from/via/route] C417

Christina Lander conquered Base Brown on June 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] Seathwaite - Base Brown - Seathwaite Fell - Allen Crags - Seathwaite [with] Dick [weather] Cloudy at times but mostly sunny - During our holiday staying at Station House, Troutbeck, Penrith

Kevin Foster scaled Base Brown on May 14th, 2021 [from/via/route] Honister Pass (slate mine) [with] By myself. [weather] Low clouds down on tops gradually lifting - I will have to do these summits again on a clearer day. Weather forecast said some clouds!

Andy Buxton walked up Base Brown on June 22nd, 1980 [from/via/route] From Seathwaite, via Climbers' Traverse & Great Hell Gate; return over Green Gable & Base Brown [with] Ian Wright [weather] Hot

Richard Marshall climbed Base Brown on May 31st, 2020 [from/via/route] Great Gable from Seathwaite [with] Bo and Andy Pratt [weather] Sunny low wind & very hot. Middle of Pandemic

Christine Shepherd bagged Base Brown on June 18th, 2010 [from/via/route] Walked from Seathwaite [with] Jenny [weather] Sunny - This was the first peak of a great day's walking. Climbed this as an extra on 30.11.19 as it was bathed in beautiful Autumn sunshine. Unfortunately it meant I had to walk back to Honister in the dark.

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Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Base Brown

If you would like to add your walk photographs and pictures featuring views from, on or of Base Brown to this page, please send them as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name to:

and we shall do our best to publish them.

(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)

You can also submit photos via our Facebook Page.

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