Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft

Fantastic views on a clear day!


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.




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
0
English
Mountains
Wainwright
0
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
0
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
1
English
Dewey
Wainwright Outlying Fell
3
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
1
Marilyn
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Black Combe at 600m (1969ft). Black Combe is also known as an English Dewey (12th highest in England, 25th in England & Wales), a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 2) and an English Marilyn (54th highest in England, 769th highest in the UK). The summit of Black Combe is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. 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."

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Stoupdale Head at 472m (1549ft). Stoupdale Head is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 34)

You will also reach the summit of White Combe at 415m (1362ft). White Combe is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 46)


You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft

In no particular order . . .

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Approaching Black Combe Screes

Approaching Black Combe Screes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (439)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Looking up Whitecombe Beck from the footbridge below Horse Back Crag

Looking up Whitecombe Beck from the footbridge below Horse Back Crag

Photo: Andy Malcolm (197)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Looking back to Millom and Duddon Sands from the path up Black Combe

Looking back to Millom and Duddon Sands from the path up Black Combe

Photo: Christine Shepherd (438)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - White Hall Knott from the path off White Combe

White Hall Knott from the path off White Combe

Photo: Christine Shepherd (448)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Climbing White Hall Knott

Climbing White Hall Knott

Photo: Mike Knipe (212)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - White Combe summit cairn

White Combe summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (444)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Looking back over Black Combe and Whitecombe Screes from White Combe

Looking back over Black Combe and Whitecombe Screes from White Combe

Photo: Christine Shepherd (445)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - White Hall Knott summit cairn

White Hall Knott summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (447)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Black Combe summit Trig point and shelter

Black Combe summit Trig point and shelter

Photo: Christine Shepherd (441)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - A helpful arrow leading to Black Combe summit

A helpful arrow leading to Black Combe summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (440)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Apporaching White Combe summit cairn

Apporaching White Combe summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (443)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Black Combe from White Hall Knott

Black Combe from White Hall Knott

Photo: Mike Knipe (213)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Black Combe from the cairn on Seaness above Townend Knotts

Black Combe from the cairn on Seaness above Townend Knotts

Photo: Nick Ford (1)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Stoupdale Head summit cairn

Stoupdale Head summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (442)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Looking back up to White Hall Knott

Looking back up to White Hall Knott

Photo: Christine Shepherd (449)

Walk c439 Black Combe and White Combe from Whicham Church, Silecroft - Black Combe from the col on White Hall Knott

Black Combe from the col on White Hall Knott

Photo: Christine Shepherd (446)


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