Brandreth
715m (2347ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Brandreth is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL4 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Brandreth is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
Walk c442 Great Gable and Green Gable from Honister Hause
Easy to follow paths - a Lakeland classic
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.75ml (9km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,340ft (731m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Moses' Trod, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Honister Pass.
Walk c338 Great Gable and Kirk Fell from Honister Hause
Easy to follow paths - a Lakeland classic
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,289ft (1,002m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Kirk Fell (East Top), Kirk Fell, Moses' Trod, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Honister Pass.
Walk c151 Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Hay Stacks from Honister Hause
Good paths on rough ground
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,260ft (1,298m) | |
| Time: | 7.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Green Crag (Buttermere), Black Beck, Blackbeck Tarn, Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks (Haystacks), Scarth Gap, Ennerdale, River Liza, Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel), Black Sail Path, Kirk Fell, Kirk Fell (East Top), Beckhead Tarn, Beck Head, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Windy Gap, Green Gable, Gillercomb Head, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Honister Hause.
Walk c417 Base Brown, Great Gable and Kirk Fell from Honister Hause
Easy to follow paths with great views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,965ft (1,208m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Blackmoor Pols, Base Brown, Mitchell Cove, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Kirk Fell (East Top), Kirk Fell, Moses' Trod, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Honister Pass.
Walk c174 Glaramara and Great Gable from Seatoller (Borrowdale)
Rough paths but generally easy to follow
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,693ft (1,430m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Seatoller (Borrowdale), Strands Bridge, Borrowdale, The Combe, Thornythwaite Fell, Comb Head, Glaramara, Looking Steads (Glaramara), Red Beck, Red Beck Top, Allen Gill, High House Tarn, High House Tarn Top, Allen Crags, Esk Hause, Ruddy Gill, Sprinkling Tarn, Sty Head, Westmorland Cairn, Windy Gap, Green Gable, Gillercomb Head, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Honister Hause, Honister Pass, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Seatoller (Borrowdale).
Walk c120 The Ennerdale Horseshoe
Strenuous, high level route worth every step - if you have the energy!
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 18.75ml (30km) | |
| Ascent: | 7,309ft (2,408m) | |
| Time: | 14.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale, Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre, High Gillerthwaite Yourth Hostel, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag (Buttermere), Seat (Buttermere), Scarth Gap, Hay Stacks (Haystacks), Innominate Tarn, Blackbeck Tarn, Black Beck, Green Crag (Buttermere), Great Round How, Brandreth, Gillercomb Head, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Kirk Fell (East Top), Kirk Fell, Black Sail Pass, Looking Stead (Pillar), High Level Route, Robinson's Cairn, Pillar, Wind Gap, Black Crag (Pillar), High Beck, Low Beck, Ennerdale.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Brandreth
Christine Shepherd walked up during July, 2003 [from/via/route] Walked from Honister slate mine. [with] Miriam, Andy and Ishmay aged 7 [weather] Sunny - Climbed again on a bright Autumn Day on 30.11.19.
Andrew Johnson climbed on November 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] Honister [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy
Richard Marchant bagged on November 3rd, 1989 [from/via/route] Parked the car at Honiston Hause and took the path to Fleetwith around Brandreth and straight to Great Gable, the return route took me from here on to Green Gable-Brandreth and finally Grey Knotts and back to Honiston Hause. Spent most of the day in the clouds but still a awesome experience and great to be in the Lakes. [with] On my own [weather] A cold damp day with snow and ice on the tops and the cloud level down to the 600m mark - A 3 day trip to the Lakes on my own from Plymouth. I stopped in Windermere at a Navy Pal's Andrew (Ali) Mcgraw Mum and Dad's house.
Louis Smith hiked on December 29th, 2018 [weather] mist
Jill Dean summited on September 22nd, 2018 [from/via/route] Honister pass [with] Me, Grez & dexter [weather] Fab
Caroline Winter conquered on August 13th, 2018 [from/via/route] Honister slate mine, Brandreth, Fleetwith Pike [with] Becky [weather] Fog, low cloud and poor visibility on tops - walked on a bearing. Cut across slate mine to Black Star. Walked off Fleetwith Pike with another 2 ladies with their dogs. Would have liked to walk the edge off Fleetwith Pike but ladies made for slate mine path. As views none existent today we did same
Simon Myerscough scaled on November 12th, 2006 [from/via/route] C151 [with] Martin - Scramble on Kirk Fell
Tony Rogerson walked up on February 20th, 2018 [from/via/route] Seathwaite Gillercombe Base Brown Gillercombe Head Brandreth Grey Knotts [with] Floss [weather] Sunny
Christina Lander climbed on January 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] Honister Slate Mine - Moses Trod - Great Geable - Green Gable - Brandreth - Grey Knotts - Honister Slate Mine [with] Dick and Meg [weather] Beautiful sunny day
John Almond bagged 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 117 [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
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Brandreth
The view north from Looking Stead (Pillar) featuring Ennerdale with Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and Brandreth (far right)
Little Scoat Fell and Pillar (distance) with Brandreth (foreground) from Base Brown
Brandreth summit cairn with Gillercomb Head leading up to Green Gable with Great Gable looking majestic in the background
Great view of Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable (the rounded dome), Kirk Fell, Pillar (the highest point), Black Crag and Steeple from Lingcomb Edge just below the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
360 degree panorama featuring Great Gable, Green Gable, Little Scoat Fell & Pillar (distance), Brandreth, Dale Head (Newlands), High Spy, Glaramara, Esk Pike, Great End and Scafell Pike from Base Brown
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