Graystones
452m (1483ft)
The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,039ft (926m) |
| Time: | 6.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Whinlatter Forest Park - Thwaitehill Knotts - Beckstone Plantation - Beckstone Gill - Barf - Lord's Seat (Whinlatter) - Broom Fell - Graystones - Scawgill Bridge - Whinlatter (Brown How) - Whinlatter (Whinlatter Top) - Whinlatter Forest Park
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,703ft (1,433m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Whinlatter Forest Park - Thwaitehill Knotts - Beckstone Plantation - Beckstone Gill - Barf - Lord's Seat (Whinlatter) - Broom Fell - Low Burthwaite Wood - Kelswick Farm - Sale Fell - Dodd Crag - Eskin Farm - Corpse Road - Ling Fell (Wythop) - Wythop Moss - Graystones - Scawgill Bridge - Whinlatter (Brown How) - - Whinlatter (Whinlatter Top) - Whinlatter Forest Park
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Graystones
James Hughes walked up Graystones on June 11th, 2025 [from/via/route] c183 Lord's Seat & Graystones from Whinlatter Forest [weather] Warm sunny day - Walk from Whinlatter Forest car park (expensive). Difficult working out tracks up towards Barf & ended up going to Lord's Seat first, which involved out & back to Barf. Fairly easy ascent across to Broom Fell. Short steep climb up to Graystones & steep descent to halfway path into forest. Wound way up to Whinlatter, but route not clear. Involved steep ascent on trods to find ridge path - not great. Path continues to forest fence then back to start. Pint at Coledale Inn - Force Crag.
Caroline Winter climbed Graystones on April 6th, 2025 [from/via/route] Spout force CP, forest road, Lords Seat, Barf, Broom Fell, Graystones [with] Yusef [weather] Great spell of warm weather- 16 degrees. - Steep descent
Martin Hartshorne bagged Graystones on February 13th, 2025 [from/via/route] Spout force car park [with] finley [weather] Clear hill tops, bit grey & bitterly cold. Sunny breaks later in the day
David Higginbottom hiked Graystones on January 31st, 2025 [with] Carolyn [weather] Misty & cold - Nice walk , doing as missed when we did the loop by mistake
Chris Mcmanus summited Graystones on April 26th, 2024 [from/via/route] Circular route [with] Joanne & Julie [weather] Sunny
Sarah Gunn conquered Graystones on March 31st, 2024 [from/via/route] Lord's Seat & Graystones from Whinlatter Forest Park [with] Martin Gunn - Missed out Barf
Mr M A Blanchard scaled Graystones on January 14th, 2024 [from/via/route] With all the mutts [with] Ted, Florence, Millie and Woodie [weather] Cold, bright
Clare Tait walked up Graystones on October 25th, 2023 [from/via/route] Parked in a carpark on the Whinlatter pass road. Saw the wall up Graystones from the base & was rather concerned by the steepness. Began through the forest & followed the path to halfway up the wall. There are forestry operations going on. The ascent was extremely steep & I found it difficult (I'm not new to hill walking) I would not choose that route again. In addition on the return the bridge over one off the streams is out. I think I'd just go as an out & back from Lords Seat & Whinlatter visitor Centre if I knew better but hindsight is a wonderful thing. [with] Charlie [weather] Cloud & damp. - Our no 89 Wainwright & to be fair maybe the one that stops me doing any more.
Christine Shepherd climbed Graystones on July 31st, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Whinlatter Forest Park using walk c183. Climbed this again on 12.6.21 using the same route & again on 24.07.23. [with] On my own [weather] Cloudy, starting to rain. - I should have been going on to Whinlatter from here but the rain got heavier & as I had had a good day's walking I made my way down to the carpark & called it a day.
Geoff Hand bagged Graystones on July 13th, 2023 [from/via/route] WalkC183. Lords Seat & Greystones from Whinlatter Forrest Park. Set out from Whinlatter Forest Park via Combe Beck & Beckstone Plantation & then popped out onto the hill & upto Barf. From here we followed the ridge onto Lord's seat. We stopped & had a coffee & a protein bar. Tess had a chewy sick & then onto Broom Fell. Nice run across the moor.See below [with] Tess (Jack Russell) [weather] Windy day with high cloud & sunny intervals. - We dropped down from Broom & then climbed upto Greystones, skipping over a couple of other bumps on the way.
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Vale of Lorton viewed from the lower southern slopes of Graystones above Darling How Plantation
Looking down Lorton Vale from Graystones featuring Whiteside and Grasmoor (left - in mist) and Mellbreak (centre)
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