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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5mls (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,645ft (806m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route outline for walk c439:
- Silecroft - Whicham Church - Kirkbank Farm - Townend Knotts - Black Combe - Blackcombe Screes - Whitcombe Screes - Stoupdale Head - White Combe - White Hall Knott - Whitecombe Beck - Parsonage Breast - Kirkbank Farm - Whicham Church.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 3 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
The highest point of this walk is Black Combe at 600m (1969ft). A rare location in the United Kingdom where, on a clear day, you can see five countries - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Southern Ireland and the self-governing British Crown dependency, The Isle of Man.
William Wordsworth claimed that the summit of Black Combe offered "the amplest range of unobstructed prospect may be seen that British ground commands." Black Combe is also known as an English Dewey (12th in England, 25th in England & Wales), a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 2)Black Combe is classified as a Marilyn (54th highest in England, 768th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk also take you to the top of Stoupdale Head, 472m (1549ft). Stoupdale Head is also known as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 34)
You will also reach the summit of White Combe, 415m (1362ft). White Combe is also known as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 46)
For more details about what constitutes a Mountain and Mountain & Hill Classifications see: Peaks & Mountains.
For more details about peak bagging and how to record your achievements see: Peak Bagging.
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL6 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 96 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church
In no particular order . . .
Clouds over the higher fells looking back towards Boot from Great Worm Crag
Looking back to Millom and Duddon Sands from the path up Black Combe
. . . load all 21 walk photos from Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church
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