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Name: | Gowk Hill |
Hill number: | 3841 |
Height: | 471m / 1545ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
Class: | Birkett, Synge (B,Sy) |
Grid ref: | NY 44478 16696 |
Summit feature: | single stone in grass |
Drop: | 10m |
Col: | 461m NY447165 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
Observations: | ground 13m SW at NY 44468 16686 is c 20cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 330 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Martindale Church for a round of Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill and Pikawassa | matty1971b | 09/03/2024 |
With Katherine. Saw a herd of deer just over the brow on the summit. | andrewcoles | 05/01/2024 |
Solo climb. | jonsutterby71 | 25/11/2023 |
With Jez and Eleri | CaralynR | 29/10/2023 |
From Martindale to High Raise and back, easier to do this on the return when the gate to the S is visible from the descent of the main ridge. | milimana | 22/10/2023 |
3 of 15 starting at st. Martins church. Up the faint path line from brownthwaite | The-Z-Man | 03/09/2023 |
with sean. 15 in 1 day and passed 100 hills | jordanwalmsley1987 | 03/09/2023 |
From Martindale Hause. 
15 km, 790 m asc/desc. 
SE steeply up to the Steel Knotts ridge and Pikeawassa. 
S to Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill and Red Crag. 
N along the High Street toWether Hill, Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike. 
S to Bonscale Pike and Swarth Fell and back by Mellguards. 
Warm, breezy. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720309294707 | SalmonJoe | 24/06/2023 |
A revisit to explore of the northern end of the High Street Range from Martindale New Church, bagging 6 Wainwrights for my 4th round and other lesser peaks. This time with Chris. Visited Steel Knotts, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, High Kop, Wether Hill -Nuttall, Wether Hill-Wainwright, Loadpot Hill, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, White Knott, and Hallin Fell. 22km with 1000m ascent in 8 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 13/05/2023 |
Fusedale circuit from church 
10 of 12 | thekirkie pirate | 23/02/2023 |
A Loadpot Hill round from St Peters, Martindale. | Sedge | 29/09/2022 |
From Brownthwaite Crag | KeithByTheC | 19/09/2022 |
Last of the three for Boo and I from Martindale Church. | Alphaville199 | 25/05/2022 |
From St Peters Church - Martindale, Steel Knotts, Red Crag, High Raise, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, High Street, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Brock Crags, Angletarn Pikes, Stony Rigg, Place Fell, Sleet Fell | philz008 | 14/04/2022 |
From Martindale Church for a round of Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, Red Crag, Low Raise and 	Swarth Fell to finish my round of the Birketts. | rhalstead | 20/03/2022 |
en route to Steel Knotts | Denise | 10/03/2022 |
With kids. Sunny with snow on the tops. Perfect Lakeland day! | SlowOl | 25/02/2022 |
The Hause to Steel Knotts then Pikeawassa, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Arthurs Pike, Barton Park, Howtown & The Hause. 
Fine, dry, cold moderate wind, overcast & hill fog above 600m. | Vin | 20/12/2021 |
Parked at Martindale Church for a circuit around Fusedale Beck over 9 summits. 3/9 | PGCE | 16/11/2021 |
Taken in with the route to Low Raise, High Raise and High Kop, | smocks and denims | 11/11/2021 |
An exploration of the northern end of the High Street Range from Martindale New Church, bagging 6 Wainwrights for my 3rd round and other lesser peaks. Visited Steel Knotts, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, High Kop, Wether Hill -Nuttall, Wether Hill-Wainwright, Loadpot Hill, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, White Knott, and Hallin Fell. 22km with 1000m ascent in 6h 40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 25/10/2021 |
Pikeawassa, Brownthwaite Crag & Gowk Hill. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 24/06/2021 |
round from Martindale | holtsd | 19/05/2021 |
With keith | christine99 | 23/04/2021 |
from Brownthwaite Crag, descending to The Coombs | jef | 11/04/2021 |
A round of Fusedale from the church above Howtown. Snow above 400m. Mostly clear on the tops. Great views. With B and R. | jenx | 29/12/2020 |
Martindale Circuit | tomd4 | 21/11/2020 |
26km loop for the western Martindale Fells - conditions were grim! | atreides7887 | 25/10/2020 |
From Martindale Church visiting High Dodd, Place Fell, Round How, Beda Fell, Angletarn Pikes, Brock Crags, The Nab, Rest Dodd, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, High Raise, Raven Howe, Red Crag, Gowk Hill, Brownthwaite Crag, and Steel Knotts. 32km with 1800m ascent taking 11 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 14/06/2020 |
Overnight route, parked at Martindale Church. Steel Knotts, Gowk Hill, Wether Hill, Red Crag, Raven Howe, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, Rest Dodd, The Nab, Satura Crag, Buck Crag, descent by path running down side of Bannerdale. Snowing for a while on ridge near High Raise. | RobertP | 03/01/2020 |
Debs & Tali, enroute to Howtown picking up unbagged tops (incl wainwright Wether Hill) Then ferry back to Glenridding. | Mountain Goat | 22/10/2019 |
A VERY WET NIGHT AND MORNING BUT IMPROVED ALL THROUGH AFTERNOON. FROM HOWTON SET OFF P.M. OVER PIKEAWASSA TO BAG BROWNTHWAITE CRAG AND GOWK HILL. THEN UP ONTO MAIN RIDGE AND, BYPASSING TOPS ALREADY DONE, OUT TO SWARTH FELL. DESCENDED FROM BONSCALE PIKE AFTER SOME DIFFICULTY FINDING START OF PATH. | BURGESS | 20/07/2019 |
Solo. Then up to Wether Hill. | Dangerous Dave | 05/07/2019 |
From Steel Knotts. On way to Bonscale Fell. Very Hot. On my own. | alwaysinshorts | 28/06/2019 |
With: hb; From Martindale Church down to Howtown then up slanting path to Swarth Fell, then Bonscale Pike to Arthur's Pike. Then via High St to Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill. Down over Gowk Hill and Steel Knotts to car. | Ian Baines | 14/02/2019 |
With: ib; From Martindale Church down to Howtown then up slanting path to Swarth Fell, then Bonscale Pike to Arthur's Pike. Then via High St to Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill. Down over Gowk Hill and Steel Knotts to car. | Helen Baines | 14/02/2019 |
From Martindale Church with NB. Pikawassa, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, Red Crag, Raven Howe, High Kop, two Wether Hill Tops. Return via Fusedale. Cold and cloudy still day. Not bad for stat of year | Frank | 03/01/2019 |
From Martindale Church with FR 
Steel Knotts, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, Red Crag, Raven Howe, High Kop, Wether hill 674, Wether hill 671. | Bheinn | 03/01/2019 |
From Martindale | solitaryfellwanderer | 20/10/2018 |
With Eileen. Parked at the new church tool the path to Howtown and went up Fusedale | johnjennison | 26/09/2018 |
St.Peter's Martindale - GOWK HILL - Brownthwaite Crag - Pikewassa. Lovely sunny morning walk with great views all round. | citygent | 29/05/2018 |
Did From Martindale, along with Bonscale Pike, Arthurs Pike, Swarth Fell, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill(2), Brownthwaite Crag, Steel Knotts, and Hallin Fell | Wayne Mac | 19/05/2018 |
The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise, Low Raise, Raven Howe, Red Crag, High Kop, Wether Hill, Gowk Hill, Brownthwaite Crag, Steel Knotts, Hallin Fell | keithouk | 29/04/2018 |
Parked in Martindale, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, High Kop, Red Crag, Gowk Hill, Brownthwaite Hill. Sunny and cold conditions with good views and wet under foot. | Fell_wanderer | 20/03/2018 |
with Pup | Littledave | 03/02/2018 |
Fusedale Round from Martindale Old Church. 10.93 miles with 870m of ascent in 6hrs 57mins with 5 hrs 13 mins moving time and 1hr 44mins stopped time. Sunny spells to begin with cloud filling in until clearing after lunch (from Loadpot Hill) to leave a bright, sunny day with no wind and excellent views. | pwhitaker_1966 | 02/11/2017 |
From Howtown: White Knott, Whinney Crag, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Gowk Hill, Brownthwaite Crag, Steel Knotts. Wonderful walk, depsite rain showers. Breathtaking views. | Lazylizzie | 09/09/2017 |
Headed to Gowk Hill from Red Crag and then carried on to Brownthwaite Crag. | Sprog | 02/09/2017 |
Walk with VJ after being rained off from Borrowdale. Clear all day until last hill Pikawassa when rain ame in. Cloud base above summits so great views. Nice walk out, 10 tops in total. | Mark T | 23/07/2017 |
Martindale New Church > Hallin Fell > Steel End > Steel Knotts > Brownthwaite Crag > Gowk Hill > Red Crag > Wether Hill > Wether Hill (wainwright top) > Loadpot Hill > Arthur's Pike > Bonscale Pike > Mellguards > Martindale New Church. Blue sky day, just me and H. | johnkaysleftleg | 08/07/2017 |