Buckbarrow
405m (1329ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Buckbarrow is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL6 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 89 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Buckbarrow 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.
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Walk c328 The Greendale Horseshoe
Superb views from lonely fells
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,504ft (763m) | |
| Time: | 4.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Greendale Farm - Gill Farm - Gill Beck - Buckbarrow - Glade How - Cat Bields - Nether Wasdale Common - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Windscale Hows - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Greendale Gill - Greendale Farm
Walk c364 Seatallan and Haycock from Wast Water
Superb views from little visited fells
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,236ft (986m) | |
| Time: | 6.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Greendale Farm - Gill Farm - Buckbarrow - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Gowder Crag - Haycock - Little Lad Crag - Nether Beck - Wast Water - Wasdale - Greendale Farm
Walk c423 The Wast Water Round from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Testing hike around Lakeland's deepest lake
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 15.25ml (24.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,841ft (1,475m) | |
| Time: | 10½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell Gill - Illgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Low Wood - Lund Bridge - Woodhow Farm - Woodhow Tarn - Scale Farm - Tosh Tarn - Gill Farm - Gill Beck - Buckbarrow - Cold Well - Nether Wasdale Common - Seatallan - Windscale Hows - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Greendale Farm - Nether Beck - Overbeck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Buckbarrow
Michael Austin walked up on June 28th, 2021 [from/via/route] C328
Charlotte Hewson climbed on September 3rd, 2021 [from/via/route] The flat, across & up buckbarrow, on to seatallan & then middle fell. [with] Cas [weather] Misty - Saw a squirrel on the Seatallan trig point!
Claire Kirk bagged on September 2nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Greendale [with] Self [weather] Warm & sunny
Christine Shepherd hiked on May 5th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Greendale using walk c328 Climbed again 22.08.2021 [with] On my own [weather] Started off in sunshine but was soon walking in hailstone & mist.
Paul Macey summited on August 15th, 2021 [from/via/route] C328 [weather] Drizzly rain followed by showers
Albie Lancastle conquered on June 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] C170
Nick Dobson scaled on April 24th, 2021 [from/via/route] Greendale in Wasdale, following Greendale Gill up towards Greendale Tarn before crossing back over to Buckbarrow. [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] Excellent sunny day with high visibility all round. - With all the lockdowns attributed to Covid 19, this was our first Wainright since completing Middle Dodd & Red Screes on 05/09/2020. We then continued on to Seatallan for number 172 out of the 214. This walk provided stunning scenery the entire way with the Scafell's the stand out.
Dan Collins walked up on May 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] As part of greendale horseshoe walk [with] Family [weather] Some cloud but no rain until the very end
Darren Wilson climbed on September 27th, 2020 [from/via/route] Buckbarrow, Cat Bields, Seatallan, Middle Fell [with] Lone [weather] Beautiful day
Liz Sheerin bagged on August 26th, 2020 [from/via/route] Buckbarrow, Seatallan, Middle Fell [with] Neil [weather] Overcast - Camping in Wasdale Head
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Buckbarrow
The Scafel Massive featuring Ling Mell, Great End, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Scafell Pike, Symonds Knott and Sca Fell above Wast Water from Buckbarrow
Illgill Head (left) and Whin Rigg (right) above the Wast Water screes from Buckbarrow
Wast Water with the Scafel Massive (far left- featuring Ling Mell, Great End, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Scafell Pike, Symonds Knott and Sca Fell) and Illgill Head (centre) and Whin Rigg (centre right) above the Wast Water screes from Buckbarrow
The Scafell Massif, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg and the Wast Water Screes from Buckbarrow
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