   |
Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6¼mls (10km) |
| Ascent: | 2,756ft (840m) |
| Time: | 5¼hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c456:
Honister Pass - Honister Hause - Bell Crags - Hopper Quarry - Honister Quarries - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Burnt Scarth - Fleetwith Pike - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Warnscale Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Loft Beck - Coast to Coast Walk - Brandreth - Grey Knotts - Honister Hause.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 2 English Mountains |
 4 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 2 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Brandreth at 715m (2346ft). Brandreth is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (89th highest in England, 152nd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 81).
Brandreth is also known as an English Nuttall (112th highest in England, 191st highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Grey Knotts at 697m (2287ft). Grey Knotts is classified as an Wainwright (No. 92).
Grey Knotts is also known as an English Nuttall (138th highest in England, 227th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Fleetwith Pike at 648m (2126ft). Fleetwith Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (147th highest in England, 253rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 116).
Fleetwith Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (195th highest in England, 337th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Honister Crag (Black Star) at 634m (2080ft). Honister Crag (Black Star) is known as an English Nuttall (210th highest in England, 361st highest in England & Wales).
- Hay Stacks (Haystacks) at 597m (1959ft). Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 131) and an English Dewey (13th highest in England, 29th highest in England & Wales)
- Green Crag (Buttermere) at 528m (1732ft). Green Crag (Buttermere) is classified as an English Dewey (117th highest in England, 274th highest in England & Wales).
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c456 Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks, Brandreth and Grey Knotts from Honister Hause
In no particular order . . .
Crummock Water and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
White cross memorial to Fanny Mercer near the bottom of Fleetwith Pike near Gatescarth
Innominate Tarn with Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Kirk Fell forming the backdrop
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag and Crummock Water from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Send us your photographs and pictures from your walks and hikes
We would love to see your photographs and pictures from walk c456 Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks, Brandreth and Grey Knotts from Honister Hause. Send them in to us as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name and where the picture was taken to:
and we shall do our best to publish them.
(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660 pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)
You can also submit photos from walk c456 Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks, Brandreth and Grey Knotts from Honister Hause via our Facebook Page.
NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken.
