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Name: | Little Mell Fell |
Hill number: | 2598 |
Height: | 505m / 1657ft |
RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
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 42324 24017 |
Summit feature: | ground within 1m of trig point |
Drop: | 225m |
Col: | 280m NY398225 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
Observations: | ground 30m W at NY 42296 24019 & 25m SW at NY 42306 24000 are just lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1302 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Ellis' 1st Wainwright | NyeBowman | 12/03/2024 |
BIrkett CLF MEL 2. | Sedge | 16/02/2024 |
3 separate walks (driving between), to Little Mell Fell, Gowbarrow Fell and Hallin Fell. All done in just over 4 hours. | Barns150 | 29/12/2023 |
Parked in the layby at the Hause to the south. Rapid wind assisted ascent which was cancelled out by the short hail storm that followed on the descent. Dusk visit with limited views, apart from the approaching storm. With Gillian. My 100th English Marilyn. | richard69 | 29/12/2023 |
Round of Three Wainwrights, Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell, Gowbarrow Fell, descent to Dockray and then Walk back to car via Matterdale. Nice circuit on a lovely crisp day. | Longwojo | 24/11/2023 |
Little Mell Fell from The Hause. 
Gillie's first Wainwright. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720312835657 | SalmonJoe | 21/11/2023 |
Down & up from Watermillock Fell, steep but easy. Lunch at the top in warm drizzle. Back down, E along the road a bit & back to Park Brow via Swinburn's Park path & the forces. 1800th Tump. | agentmancuso | 07/09/2023 |
20-min ascent (taking it slow!) fr S, fr high pt of road, warm sunny day w stiff SW breeze but a little hazy, no good views from here really | NorfolkPT21 | 03/09/2023 |
To be added | James McKnight | 27/08/2023 |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
 
From the Hause, parking for about 3 cars, definitely not 16 minutes to summit for me. Path takes you all the way to the trigpoint. Despite the weather some good views. Nice wee hill. | thejackrustles | 18/07/2023 |
From parking area at the south. | JasonStark | 07/07/2023 |
Met Jill in Threlkeld for coffee then came up here for a quick walk. Usual way up & down from The Hause. Solo. W22 Rnd7. | Dangerous Dave | 23/06/2023 |
Walked from Brownrigg Farm. | Wandelaar | 14/06/2023 |
Evening walk from the col - straight up and down took about 40 minutes. Very sunny - no one else around. | andrewcoles | 06/06/2023 |
From the road side to the south. Space to park a few vehicles. RoW to Lowthwaite, up through field tracks and down the steep southern side. With Keith, Eilidh, Dad, Ross (7) and Callum (5). | islamidget | 28/05/2023 |
Camping holiday with the family at the Quiet Site, from which we were able to climb Little Mell Fell in lovely weather and enjoy clear views from the top. 4yr old Anna tackled her first Wainwright all on her own little legs (2yr old Alma in the carrier), and braved her first lake swim in Ullswater that afternoon. Amazing day! | AmyYoung | 22/05/2023 |
Revisit on Rnd4 of the Wainwrights, from The Hause. | silverwolf_alan | 13/05/2023 |
From the Hause, parking for about 3 cars, 16 minutes to summit. Very windy at the top today but cracking views | matty1971b | 13/04/2023 |
Marvellous views some pretty horridly long tracks very boggy access from great mell fell but still a mountain well worth climbing Laura Kay and flo | Lauralj84 | 04/04/2023 |
Parked at Dockray and bimbled up Gowbarrow chasing Rainbows, across to Little Mell Fell before bog snorkeling and mossy trampoline fun up Great Mell Fell. Solo ascents 1 step forward and three steps sideways in places | Winter Round | 20/02/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 37: Spider (Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell & Gowbarrow Fell) | DavidHiner | 28/01/2023 |
From The Hause and on to Gowbarrow | benarbia no 3 | 10/12/2022 |
From Brownrigg Farm CP. 
3 km, 400 m asc. 
NW up the ridge to Great Mell Fell summit and return. 
Drive to The Hause, Lowthwaite. 
N up the ridge to Little Mell Fell summit and return. 
Still, clear, sunny. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304040995 | SalmonJoe | 28/11/2022 |
Quick walk from the Hause lay by | Hirta | 09/11/2022 |
From the Hause, 16 minutes to summit. Very windy at the top | keithpostie | 09/10/2022 |
11 miles 2800ft walk, from Quarry carpark to Gowbarrow Fell, Little Mell Fell, Great Mell Fell and Great Meldrum. | stephenbuda | 08/10/2022 |
With Emma | Clive G | 25/09/2022 |
Lay-by south of bridge in Dockray, over Gowbarrow on good path, stone stile and small path across Great Meldrum, down to track past Little Meldrum and along to Hause. Up steeply to summit and down straight towards Great Mell to pick up zig-zag track to road. Path across bog to Brownrigg. Up Great Mell and lanes back to Dockray. | Flatfield | 25/08/2022 |
R K | Richard Tait | 04/08/2022 |
Straight up in 15 mins from the Hause, up that there permissive society path. | Alphaville199 | 30/07/2022 |
The Mell fells in very hot and still conditions. | atreides7887 | 10/07/2022 |
Climbed with Phoebe, circuit from Great Mell Fell and now onto Gowbarrow Fell | MrD | 10/07/2022 |
Parked near The Hause then steeply uphill following reasonable track with Kevin Palmer. | Dugswell2 | 08/07/2022 |
With Carl. Parked at Martingdale End. Little Mell Fell and Great Mell Fell. Lovely views. 7 miles 2300ft elevation. | nell1583 | 15/05/2022 |
Little Mell - Great Mell - Gowbarrow loop | twg27 | 20/04/2022 |
Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell, Gowbarrow Fell, Gowbarrow Fell, Gowbarrow Park, Green Hill | keithouk | 10/04/2022 |
Zoe, Martha & Jeff. | neilblair353 | 28/03/2022 |
From Dan's caravan | dhbond | 12/03/2022 |
From the Quiet site, (recommended) and straight up the steep grassy side. Trig. Very windy. Clear views. Descended to the Hause. My penultimate English Marilyn. | Denise | 09/03/2022 |
Climbed from The Hause, after Carrock Fell circuit. | mavero10 | 27/02/2022 |
With dad | Daisy Dee | 19/02/2022 |
From Parking to the South, Quick up and Down as the daylight was starting to fade | Jephcote83 | 15/02/2022 |
Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell and Gobarrow (both tops) with trimarc2. Lovely bright and crisp day. Drove in between each hill which felt like cheating! | Fionalevey | 22/12/2021 |
with Fiona | trimarc2 | 22/12/2021 |
Walked from the quite site up the hill and through the farm gate with footpath sign. Had 2 dogs with me. No sheep around. Took the direct path that says access permitted straight up to trig point. We had lots of rain the week before but apart from some boggy ground at the Base which you can get around it was fine. Great views from the top. Pretty steep climb but plenty of places to place your feet. Returned same route. About an hour by the time I returned to the site | Charge01 | 10/12/2021 |
Dodged the hailstones and went up and back in 17 mins | jeffpl | 01/12/2021 |
Alone. Overcast, blustery with occasional shower. Up & down in under 30 minutes. | Gazza1951 | 25/10/2021 |
Stopover from week in Borders with J. On a clear day, parked at foot of track 200m N of Brownrigg Farm & ascended Great Mell Fell first. Then followed waymarked path through farm & across the fields to Greenrow. Then along road S & through gate on L. Followed zig-zag track, then over a broken stile into field to N of fence. Followed faint path up hill over barbed wire fence & a padlocked gate to summit. Descended S to meet path by wall & followed this to Lowthwaite & then back to car via Greenrow. | NotReallyABagger | 10/10/2021 |
Easy ascent from road to south - fab sunset | wychwood | 21/09/2021 |
With Julia Boris and the Bobster on a lovely September day | ytfckent | 15/09/2021 |