Brock Crags
561m (1841ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,619ft (798m) |
| Time: | 6 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Side Farm - Boredale Hause - Angletarn Pikes - Angle Tarn (Martindale) - Satura Crag - Brock Crags - Satura Crag - The Knott - Hayeswater Reservoir - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Dubhow - Beckstones - Crookabeck - Rooking - Side Farm - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,769ft (1,149m) |
| Time: | 8½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Christy Bridge - Martindale - Dale Head Farm - Heck Crag - Angle Tarn - Buck Crag - Brock Crags - Satura Crag - The Nab (Martindale) - Rest Dodd - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - Red Crag - Keasgill Head - Christy Bridge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,555ft (1,388m) |
| Time: | 9.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
St Peter's Church (Martindale) - Howtown - Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) - Keasgill Head - High Raise (Mardale) - Kidsty Pike - Rampsgill Head - The Knott - Rest Dodd - The Nab - Satura Crag - Brock Crags - Angle Tarn (Martindale) - Angletarn Pikes - Bedafel Knott - Beda Head (Beda Fell) - Winter Crag - Christy Bridge - Howegrain Beck - Martindale - St Peter's Church (Martindale) - Howtown
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 15.5ml (25km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,293ft (1,308m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Rooking - Crookabeck - Beckstones - Dubhow - Hartsop - Hayswater Gill - Hayswater - The Knott - Brock Crags - Angle Tarn (Martindale) - Angletarn Pikes - Boredale Hause - Place Fell - High Dodd (Sleet Fell) - Sandwick - Long Crag - Silver Point - Ullswater - Blowick - Rooking - Side Farm - Patterdale
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Brock Crags
Simon Myerscough walked up Brock Crags on August 23rd, 2025 [from/via/route] C231 - From Hartsop found a farmers field to park for £5 just as you go into the village. Steep start up onto the ridge on Hartsop Dodd. Had dinner at Thornthwaite Crag, decide to stay high onto High Street to bag Brock Crags [with] Joanne [weather] No wind & quite warm
Pete George climbed Brock Crags on August 23rd, 2025 [from/via/route] Martindale [with] Roco [weather] Lovely warm & clear.
Geoff Hand bagged Brock Crags on July 16th, 2025 [from/via/route] C159 Walked from Martindale church down to Dalehead, upto Angletarn & Brock Crags, onto the Nab, Rest Dodd (no rest!) onto the Knott, then Kidsy Pike (realised I had already climbed this several years ago). From there it was straight up High Raise. From here, because I had parked in the wrong place I headed back over Pikeawassa & down to the church. Great day [with] none [weather] Started off a bit dull & overcast but cleared to a pleasent sunny afternoon. - Lots of wildlife: Hawks, deer, badger & strangely a wasps nest in the cairn on High raise.
James Hughes hiked Brock Crags on September 17th, 2024 [from/via/route] c159 The Nab & Rest Dodd from Christy Bridge [weather] Beautiful clear warm day. - Long day added Beda Fell & Angletarn Pikes to start of walk. Slight variations up to Brock Crags & the Nab. Nab very boggy in places. Stags & Bucks mating calls in valley. Parked at Church at the Coombs below Hallin Hill. Stayed at Waterside Campsite.
Angeline Grieveson summited Brock Crags on July 21st, 2024 [with] Dotty & Rick
Vincent Clarke conquered Brock Crags on May 4th, 2024 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Austin [weather] Great hike up To angle tarn
Sarah Wild scaled Brock Crags on November 3rd, 2023 [from/via/route] Thirlmere road [with] Anne Wirt [weather] Sun & cloud
Ian Ashton walked up Brock Crags on November 19th, 2022 [with] With JPH
Simon Boddy climbed Brock Crags on July 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] Hartsop [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny & clear
John Ramsbottom bagged Brock Crags on June 2nd, 2022 [from/via/route] Howtown, walk c159 Camped under Angletarn Pikes [with] Lola [weather] Sunny weather - solo walk with Lola
Neil Heywood hiked Brock Crags on May 30th, 2022 [from/via/route] Hartsopp [with] logan Heywood [weather] Mixed
Christine Shepherd summited Brock Crags on April 15th, 2009 [from/via/route] Used walk c159 from Christy Bridge Climbed again from Hartsop 22.6.21 This was my final fell on 20.4.22 my 10th of the day. [with] On my own [weather] Fine but humid - Didn't meet many people on this long quiet walk but one man I met was climbing Brock Crags to sit for a while to spot Peregrine Falcons. I hope he saw some.
Simon Burgess conquered Brock Crags on October 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Hartsopp via The Knott
Richard Fulcher scaled Brock Crags on July 31st, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked near Deepdale Bridge in Patterdale & walked up to Boredale Hause. Followed main path along the top past Angletarn Pike & Angletarn. Branched off to bag Brock Crags before continuing across & down to Hayeswater & then back to the car via Hartsop & the track below the crags. [with] Jen [weather] Clear blue sky day with strong cold winds. Around 45 mph or more on the tops, making progress very difficult at times. I arrived at Brock crags standing at 45 degrees!
Richard Marchant walked up Brock Crags on January 28th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at Hartsop, walked up Hayeswater Gill to Hayeswater then climbed Easterly up on to The Knott, then North on to Rest Dodd & further on to Then Nab. From The Nab back track to the Rest Dodd but just before reaching the summit traversed to Satura Crag & across to Brock Crag. Slight back track here & followed a path down Calfgate Gill & eventually down to Hayeswater Gill & back to the car. [with] On my own [weather] Dull grey windy day
Nick Dobson climbed Brock Crags on September 23rd, 2015 [from/via/route] Hartsop via old filling station [with] Ralph [weather] overcast with strong winds & showers - 13/10/2021 completed for the 2nd time, with Ralph, & we had Margaret with us this time after missing the first ascent which we sneaked in when she was in the Malta sun with Kate. We continued over Satura Crag & onto the Nab & then Rest Dodd to complete the Far Eastern Fells.
Tim Winn bagged Brock Crags on August 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge Car Park, Brothers Water [with] Louise and Barry [weather] Good
John Bryers hiked Brock Crags on July 11th, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked at Cow Bridge car park near Hartsop. Set off at 8:45am in low mist & light rain. Walked along bridleway towards Patterdale & veared upwards along a track to Boredale Hause. Turning right to Angletarn Pikes. Walked to top of each pike to make sure I'd completed the Wainright. continued along easy paths East of tarn to Brock Crag. [with] With Mya my faithful 14 yeara old Patterdale Terrier. [weather] Light rain & mist across most tops at start of walk. Cleared to be a lovely warm day overall. - Wore waterproof for 15 minutes during climb to Angletarn pikes & tarn. Around 5 tents camped along the shores. A nice plave to camp!
Richard Marshall summited Brock Crags on May 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] RM super route from Martindale 19 miles 6300ft ascent [with] Roxy & Bo [weather] Showers,fog, sun & very wet underfoot
Christina Lander conquered Brock Crags on October 16th, 2020 [from/via/route] Dale End (near Martindale) - Angle Tarn - Brock Crags - Rest Dodd - The Nab - Angletarn Pikes - Dale Head [with] Dick [weather] Started off dry, but then we were in the clouds at we approached Rest Dodd. Sunshine & a rainbow at the end - A second walk in 2 days from Martindale. We'd heard the red deer rutting on the previous day so went to get a closer look.
Wayne Baxter scaled Brock Crags on August 6th, 2020 [from/via/route] Hartsop car park to filter house on to Brock crags & then onto The Nab [with] Sue [weather] Sunny
Adrian Howard walked up Brock Crags on September 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge Car park
Andrew Johnson climbed Brock Crags on November 19th, 2019 [from/via/route] Hartsop [weather] Beautiful day, clear skies.
Michael Nolan bagged Brock Crags on October 22nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Hartsop [with] Morag [weather] fine & sunny
Chris Sheard hiked Brock Crags on September 26th, 2018 [from/via/route] Up from Cow Bridge. [with] George [weather] Started with mist & high winds finished calm & warm - NOT what the weathermen said - Again over some of the Coast to coast route. Two young Korean girls doing coast to coast using footprint. Windy misty & micro climate day - best area in lake district that day
Paul Macey summited Brock Crags on July 23rd, 2018 [from/via/route] Brothers Water [weather] Dry start rain on return
Elaine Evans conquered Brock Crags on July 20th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Cow Bridge to Hayeswater then onto Brock Crags. [with] Sue [weather] Overcast to start with but became persistently wet & windy as we ascended Brock Crags - BBC were quite a way off with their weather forecast!
Craig Steeland scaled Brock Crags on June 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Hartsop village car park [with] Sue [weather] Grey & still with cloud above the summits.
Phillip Bulley walked up Brock Crags on May 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Via Rest Dodd [with] Judith and Ruby. [weather] Sunny but breezy.
Beth Webster climbed Brock Crags on June 17th, 2017 [with] Hannah phillips & Cocoa
John Walter bagged Brock Crags on April 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] .
John Tippins hiked Brock Crags on April 13th, 2016 [from/via/route] Christy Bridge [with] Solo [weather] The day started overcast & dull, the sort of day you want to stay in front of a fire. However, by late morning it was sunny, very little cloud cover & the warmest it's been all week. It didn't last long. By early afternoon it was complete cloud cover, chilly & windy, & from mid/late afternoon there was also a light rain. But still a good day for walking. - Brock Crags was my 107th Wainwright, so I completed half of all the Wainwrights with the first peak of the day.
Colin Egan summited Brock Crags on April 6th, 2017 [from/via/route] From car park at Hartsop, up via the old pump house road & the old pipeline track, returned the same way [with] My wife Faith and daughter Clara, her husband Matt and their two boys. Edward aged nearly 5 and George 6 months [weather] Sunny day with some cloud, wind cold & on summit. - Edward's 2nd Wainwright. Let's hope he comes to love them as much as we do. A very enjoyable climb, quite tough for little legs but he managed OK.
Mark Davidson conquered Brock Crags on February 3rd, 2005 [with] Mike [weather] Bit grey & cold - but not bad for February
Adrian Sherriff scaled Brock Crags on September 13th, 2016 [from/via/route] c159
Anthony Scott walked up Brock Crags on September 19th, 2016 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge car park, Hartsop [weather] Cool & cloudy, then 16 degrees & sunny spells
John Almond climbed Brock Crags on August 29th, 2016 [from/via/route] go4awalk c159 - solo walk from the Old Martindale Church - Angle Tarn - Brock Crags - The Nab - Rest Dodd - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise - Red Crag [weather] Good
Jon Mapp bagged Brock Crags on July 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] c304/159 combined as we had done some of the peaks before we used these walks [with] Suzzanné [weather] Dry & warm, cloudy later, with a little rain - Nice walk, good climb to Beda Head, a little boggy to Angletarn Pikes - with a good path to the turn off to Brock Crags then bog again. Rest Dodd is a good climb but the top appeared sooner than expected, the walk to The Nab was very boggy, it must be really bad in wetter weather. Cheated by coming down a small path off The Nab to Christy Bridge.
Dave Eyes hiked Brock Crags on April 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] Walked in from Hartsop [with] Christine Eyes, John and Martine Power [weather] Sunny & clear but a cold wind & occasional snow flurries
Charlie Housley summited Brock Crags on March 19th, 2016 [from/via/route] The path from the old pumping station up the southern flank. [with] Jo and Candy. [weather] Great walking weather.
Michael Smyth conquered Brock Crags on October 14th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hartsop [with] Brampton Fell Walkers [weather] Sunny & perfect - Had a glass of wine to celebrate Harry's birthday by Angle Tarn
Tony Rogerson scaled Brock Crags on May 5th, 2010 [from/via/route] Angle Tarn Camp from Howtown [with] John [weather] High cloud
Victoria Bates walked up Brock Crags on September 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] c297 with Wether Hill & Loadpot Hill [with] Mark - Great views but boggy with loads of dead sheep
Steve Frank climbed Brock Crags on July 12th, 2015 [from/via/route] How Town
Harry Meijer bagged Brock Crags on July 2nd, 2015 [from/via/route] custom walk [with] The Lake District Walker
David Noble hiked Brock Crags on March 29th, 2015 [from/via/route] Christy Bridge [with] Jack [weather] 40mph winds rain & sleet
Christine Knowles summited Brock Crags on February 21st, 2015 [from/via/route] From Hartsop via Gray Crag, then Thornthwaite, High Street & Rest Dodd [with] Graham [weather] Beautiful sunny winter's day, plenty of snow underfoot.
Tracey Cowell conquered Brock Crags on February 17th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hayeswater [with] On my own [weather] Cloudy & windy
Darren Wilson scaled Brock Crags on February 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] Hartsop, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street The Knott, Satura Crags, Brock Crags
Kevin Parnham walked up Brock Crags on September 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] from church at Christy Bridge [with] Jo [weather] Warm & sunny - long walk in to here
Ann Davis climbed Brock Crags on July 26th, 2014 [from/via/route] angletarn pike [weather] sticky & hot
Keith Eastman bagged Brock Crags on June 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] c159
Clive Ward hiked Brock Crags on May 2nd, 2014 [from/via/route] Hartsop, Angletarn Crags, down via reservoir to Hartsop [with] Hazel [weather] Dry, part cloudy
David Baines summited Brock Crags on April 26th, 2013 [from/via/route] Hartsop-Hayswater Gill & Aquaduct [with] Alone [weather] Overcast - wet & boggy summit plateau. Good views over High Street & Gray Crag
Martin Leighfield conquered Brock Crags on September 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast [weather] Dry & Sunny
Les Wrightson scaled Brock Crags on October 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] c159 fro Howtown [with] work mates [weather] sunny dry
Darren Mortimer walked up Brock Crags on August 19th, 2012 [from/via/route] Martindale [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunny at first then wet
Chris Bramley climbed Brock Crags on June 10th, 2012 [from/via/route] Hartsop
Stephen Littlewood bagged Brock Crags on June 13th, 2009 [from/via/route] from Hartsop
Stephen Byrne, David Hallam, Jenny Godfrey, Patrick Rogozinski, Andrew Martin, Matthew Thomas, Adrian Roberts, Dale Sexton, Wendy Sockett, Jane Wilkinson, David Butterfield, David Kelley, Mr M A Blanchard, David Watson, Trevor Longman, Jo Dixon, Alan Fowler, David Kelley, Louise Sandwith, Louis Smith, Raymond Barnett, Patricia Dilley, Jonathan Tobin, Simon Duerden, Sarah Lowe, Paul Booth, David Buttress, Linda Mckeogh, Paul Henderson, Trevor Williams, Libby Burns, John Cuthbert, Patrick Buckland, Rob Barklamb, Stephen Millington, Jeanette Coward, Jacqui Smith, Ray O'hara and Linda Walker have all walked, climbed & bagged Brock Crags.
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