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| Name: | Great Mell Fell |
| Hill number: | 2583 |
| Height: | 537m / 1762ft |
| RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumbria (CoU) |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington), Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle) |
| Watershed: | Solway Firth |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,Dew,W,B,Sy,Fel,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 39682 25367 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 198m |
| Col: | 339m NY392246  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1022 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Wild horses, carried Fred up | Laurainthelakes | 13/03/2020 |
| Carried up. Wild horses, walked around at the top, big stick and views of a snowy Blencathra | Fred Averill | 13/03/2020 |
| With the family | Chopperbrown | 19/02/2020 |
| Snow on top today. The ponies looked beautiful against the white fell backdrop. With B. | jenx | 13/02/2020 |
| Pretty blowy at times, then calm again. Horses and interesting windblown trees on SE slopes. Down past Brownrigg Farm, across the floating bog (NOT advised), up Little Mell, then towards Gowbarrow on forestry track, got chased by a grouse. Lovely day. | Ellie's Hills | 07/02/2020 |
| No views low mist | Nozzer | 21/01/2020 |
| Nice and clear with lovely views of a snow sprinkled Blencathra. See www.jimearl6.com for blog and route details. | Jimearl6 | 19/01/2020 |
| Great Mell Fell. | sms.37 | 03/01/2020 |
| Morning walk with M, T and A by the main path. | Mark Jackson | 27/12/2019 |
| With Geoff & Caroline. | Mountainhikes | 14/11/2019 |
| Damp in the valley,frosty on top. No view. | Play2End | 14/11/2019 |
| The Hause > Little Mell Fell > Great Mell Fell > Gowbarrow > Great Meldrum > Little Meldrum > Watermillock Fell > The Hause | johnkaysleftleg | 12/10/2019 |
| From Brownrigg Farm NY 40743 24672 | briandiggle | 11/10/2019 |
| With K. Usual route clockwise at first then good path up. Wet day. | Ashley | 01/10/2019 |
| Enroute to Ali's | Mountain Goat | 09/09/2019 |
| We parked at the lane up to the start of the walk and headed up over the gate. this path is muddy and starts a gradual ascent which steepens up through very long bracken. We descended straight dwon the nose which is easier and takes you back along the lane. With Richie. | Zoe Little | 07/09/2019 |
| 30 degree heat today so quite a slog to the top, was glad of the shade of the trees at intervals. Lovely views of Blencathra and Sharp Edge. | Delta68 | 25/08/2019 |
| A long and tiring walk for me as I'm only 9. With my grandad jonglew, dad and brother. We looked for the buried block at the top of the hill, but didn't find it. | williamglew | 30/07/2019 |
| With Kevin and Gus | AbiD | 27/07/2019 |
| Mini-hill bagging day, solo | richardsun | 30/06/2019 |
| With LP doing second ascents. | wombourne | 01/06/2019 |
| Pretty going up through the woodland, alive with birdsong. | jenx | 18/05/2019 |
| Between pints at The Troutbeck Inn. | summitter | 19/04/2019 |
| Second round of Wainwrights. Walked with Lindsey in sunny weather on way from WK to Keswick. Parked near Brownrigg Farm south-east of the hill, followed farm track 300 metres to a stile; crossed it then followed clear trod to summit. | Skip2 | 19/04/2019 |
| Second visit to Great Mell. Brownrigg Farm, farm track 300 metres then followed trod to summit. With Lindsey, sunny day. | Skip | 19/04/2019 |
| With CP | garth87 | 02/04/2019 |
| tired legs - felt heavy today. | Dave Sargent | 07/03/2019 |
| Solo. Little Mell Fell, then Great Mell Fell. From The Hause. | ADT | 24/02/2019 |
| First time up for all of us this year. Mist and wind at the top. | jenx | 12/01/2019 |
| Grey day with Jenx and Bryher. Up through woods to East, wind blasted over the top. Cairn in need of a rebuild, obliged | nordicstar | 12/01/2019 |
| Grace Sam n jo | studuncan | 05/01/2019 |
| With Sam we started at Brownrigg Farm and followed the path straight up and back down the other side. Good simple walk, only a couple of miles, just over an hour. | Mozzer | 31/12/2018 |
| From NY 40713 24704, out and back. | screeleep | 28/12/2018 |
| Took Marley up for his Birthday walk. | Mark T | 23/11/2018 |
| From track opposite Brownrigg Farm. Biting wind from S so descended NW circling round the hill back to the start. With S. | webmaster | 31/10/2018 |
| Walk up before flying day | RVFoster | 28/10/2018 |
| Climbed Great Mell Fell from road near Brownrigg Farm, returning via Routing Gill. On to Little Mell Fell via Brownrigg Farm and Green Barn and The Hause. Returning to road the same way and following road to Cove. Follow footpath beneath Priest Crag via Little Meldrum and Swinburn’s Park. Ascent of Airy Crag from Shooting Lodge. Return via Kirksty Brow to The Hause. | raymooremanx | 14/10/2018 |
| Day trip. Blowing a gale. Nice views but easier ascent via S route or staying on the path from N. Cutting through the trees was a bit of a bog. | Tom D | 06/10/2018 |
| (Walkers with) Torun Mcmoran, Layna Mcmoran, Caitlin Powell (Parking/start point) Roadside Brownrigg Farm - Great Mell Fell - Browrigg Farm. | redbob | 16/09/2018 |
| Beautiful day! What a much maligned 'little fell. Fabulous views and those amazing white horses. | apshepherd | 05/09/2018 |
| With G. Great Mell Fell & Little Mell Fell | RT1970 | 22/08/2018 |
| Route: Road near Brownrigg Farm - Routing Gill - Great Mell Fell - road. Stats: 57mins, 3.5km, 292m ascent. Weather: sunny, but clammy. Notes: ascent through woodland & fern bushes, descent onto farm track, encountered horses at summit. | millionmts | 21/08/2018 |
| good walk | hikester | 21/08/2018 |
| Walked little Mell fell and great mell fell on a clear, blue skied morning in summer 2018, with great views on to most of the lake district | Joel451 | 09/08/2018 |
| Second ascent | PeteF | 24/07/2018 |
| With J | GCW | 24/07/2018 |
| Track then signposted path from small parking area across from Brownrigg. | AndrewFinnimore | 02/07/2018 |
| From Brownrigg Farm. Sunny, hazy. | Fell_wanderer | 03/06/2018 |
| combined with little mell | Jephcote83 | 01/06/2018 |
| Run up from Quiet Side campsite. It was a misty mild morning with no breeze. It was a routine run to the National Trust sign. In stead of going through the gate I followed the track West eventually coming to a no access wood. To avoid the wood I headed North through a field on to the open fell. It was extremely steep through the woods and bracken. Once through the bracken it was easier. Summit was in mist and marked by a small cairn. I headed back East on the path which was a lot easier. I passed through some windswept and stunted conifers before descending steeply to the National Trust sign. Once on the road it was an easy slow run back to the campsite. Time taken 1 hour 45 minutes for 8 miles. I heard the Cuckoo. I saw a superb Red Squirrel and got close to it. I also saw the usual Skylarks and Pipits along with a pair of Bullfinches some Siskins and the commoner species. | isabelle | 31/05/2018 |