Base Brown
646m (2120ft)

The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Base Brown is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Base Brown, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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

Andrew Johnson walked up on November 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] Honister [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy

Richard Marchant climbed on August 3rd, 1991 [from/via/route] Parked the car at Seathwaite and then went up Seathwaite Slabs on to Base Brown to Green Gable up to Great Gable down to Sty Head and followed Sty Head Gill back down to Seathwaite. [with] Nick Harker [weather] A fine day with a slight breeze and partially cloudy with out breaks of sunshine - A day out in the Lakes with my Best Man and old Navy pal Nick Harker. Just another great memory of past Lakeland trips.

Tony Rogerson bagged on February 20th, 2018 [from/via/route] Seathwaite Gillercombe Base Brown Gillercombe Head Brandreth Grey Knotts [with] Floss [weather] Sunny

John Almond hiked on September 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] go4awalk c417 from Honister Slate Mine - Grey Knotts - Brandreth - BASE BROWN - Green Gable - Great Gable - Kirk Fell - Wainwright 118 [with] Solo [weather] Good, improving throughout the day. Light cloud on summit of Great Gable. - Horrible direct descent from Great Gable via scree/boulder field to Beck Head Tarn, not recommended! Probably better to descend via NW ridge to Beck Head as described in go4awalk walk c417 route description

John Walter summited on June 17th, 2017 [with] Tricia [weather] Warm

Lydia Hopkinson conquered on June 9th, 2012 [with] walking group [weather] beautiful and sunny

David Wand scaled on August 10th, 2011 [with] Long walk and camp on the hills.

Chris Sheard walked up on October 14th, 2004 [from/via/route] Across from Brandreth [with] George & Baz [weather] Horrid wet windy misty Yuk! - Best part was return to black sail

Mark Davidson has climbed [with] Jan [weather] Good

Anthony Scott bagged on October 10th, 2016 [from/via/route] Honister Hause [with] me [weather] Very sunny

To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record

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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.

NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken.

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