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Name:Black Fell
Hill number:2744
Height:664m / 2178ft
Parent (Ma):2707  Cross Fell
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:North Pennines - Western Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Tyne (Newcastle)
Watershed:Tynemouth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head
Class:Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge,
Clem
(Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm)
Grid ref:NY 64821 44408
Summit feature:ground 1m S of trig point
Drop:87m
Col:577m  NY646418  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 86
(1:25k) OL31W
Observations:ground to West lower
Survey:Abney level
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From Hartside Pass summit: Black Fell, Tom Smith's Stone Top and Grey Nag. Descended into Slaggyford and caught a taxi back to the car. Claggy, grey cold day.Lazylizzie30/09/2023
K and Psenrab09/09/2023
Track from the bend in the road.robertphillips08/09/2023
Up from Renwick via Thack Moor and Watch Hill. Crossed a stile after Watch Hill, and followed ATV track most of the way. Some boggy ground. Descended to the path crossing Haresceugh Fell, though would have missed it without the GPS to indicate where it should be. More obvious later as it approached the track. Loo Gill might be awkward to cross if in spate. Pleasant walk along the road, taking the public footpath for the final 600m, avoiding the final bends in the road, and emerging at a farm gate.LizH08/08/2023
Nuttall walk 9.8, with R. Really enjoyed the walk down along Gilderdale Burn.Dan Baddeley03/06/2023
From Renwick straight up Thack Moor then ridge then fence over Watch Hill but then messed up cut across and nearly reached Black Fell through the crap! Followed fence on west to Tom Smiths Stone then to Gray Nag. Came back on east side 15 minutes faster - take note. On to Black Hill then Hartside and down bridleway and back road to car.SS17/04/2023
2 of 2: From Hartside Pass summit. Snowing. With Karen.ChrisR12/04/2023
From Hartside Pass summit. Headed north in the clag and heavy rain to Black Fell summit and trig point. My leg was hurting but I decided to carry on to Watch Hill then Thack Moor very boggy, all in zero visibility and heavy rain. Despite this lots of wildlife up there. Summit of Thack Moor; was a bit of a game to visit both the high point and trig point so had to detour to cross the wall draped with barbed wire. Headed down to Renwick then back up to Hartside summit. Time just under 4 hours for 11 miles. Ascent 1912 feet.isabelle10/04/2023
Renwick to Thack Fell then Watch hill, Black Fell, Hartside Height, Hartside Cross, Fiends Fell and descent to Renwick via Twotop Hill & Fellgate. A dry cold day with hill fog & moor ground frozen.Vin07/02/2023
21.6 miles 2689ft walk. Black Fell, Watch Hill and Thackmoor from Ousby.stephenbuda06/07/2022
From Hartside Cross Pass to Black Fell via Hartside Height, along ridge to Grey Nag via Tom Smith's Stone. Return to Tom Smith, and across Croglin Water to Graystone Edge, Watch Hill and Thack Moor. Return to Hartside Cross via Black Fell.raymooremanx11/06/2022
Thack Moor on track from Renwick then path all the way to the summit, easy going. then drove round to hairpin bend directly south of Black Fell summit. Not so straightforward, no path after initial track and in thick cloud. Not easy to find summit in the conditions.dickscroop06/06/2022
Afternoon walk after fiends fell and Melmerby Fell in the morning. Black Fell , Tom Smith's Stone Top and Grey Nag. Heavens opened ten minutes after I set off so aborted the idea of including Thack Moor.Longwojo20/05/2022
With Deborah, Rory & Graham.Donpeblo12/05/2022
A lovely walk in spring sunshine from Renwick to Thack Moor and then following the ridge line to Black Fell and Hartside and mostly byways back.milimana08/05/2022
3/3 Melmerby Fell and Fiends Fell (repeats) then over the Alston road to Black Fell. Three Nutalls on an LDWA group walk ably led by Caroline Roy. Jolly chilly with a little snow on the ground but a grand day.Valley up from Melmerby is glorious.nickywood103/04/2022
My 4th summit of the day. I approached from Thack Moor having started my journey from Cold Fell that morning. Fabulous views towards Cross Fell.morgs4mountains22/03/2022
Climbed Black Fell, Tom Smith's, Grey Nag & Thack Moor from Hartside Summit on a clear but chilly day. Very wet underfoot, but easy walking otherwise. About 22km, with only 330m of ascent.oldbagger2722/11/2021
Gilderdale horseshoe from Gilderdale bridge layby - Grey Nag, Tom Smith's Stone Top, Blackfell, Hartside Height, Benty Hill and Scarberry Hill. Overcast, blowy day. With Gillian and Grahamrichard6913/11/2021
Bog snorkeling, Hartside- Black Fell- Tom Smith Stone- Grey Nag (and back)wcroasdell30/10/2021
From Hartside Pass, Black Fell, Tom Smith’s Stone, Grey Nag, Tom Smith’s Stone, Watch Hill, Thack Moor, Watch Hill, Black Fell, Hartside Pass. Not as bad as it could have been. Good path to Black Fell, then deteriorates through lurid green bogs and self-levelling lakes of black peat, until routes coalesce just S of Tom Smith’s Stone around the perimeter of a super massive green hole MEB, from which water does not escape even at the end of Summer. Otherwise, ATV tracks alongside many fences/walls, especially on W arm of the ‘Y’. Stiles over walls at Watch Hill. A handy ATV track crosses Croglin Water at the point where the valley suddenly narrows (about NY643456). High P – nice weather? – pah! Cold wind, low cloud and mizzle, drizzle, rain, all day - it’s a Bank Holiday!Isbjorn30/08/2021
GIdris04/08/2021
Renwick, over Thack Moor, Watch Hill Black Fell and Hartside Height to road, then tracks back to Renwick.Flatfield17/07/2021
Walked up from Hartside on a wet, misty morning, following the fence/wall to the top.JohnW26/06/2021
From Hartside quarry parking area, via Hartside Height and Little Daffenside (661m spot height top).Nick Down101/06/2021
700th Cumbrian Tump. Easy route from Hartsideconanharrod31/05/2021
Used MTB to get to start of walkPete Pozman27/04/2021
From Hartside PassIWC17/04/2021
TD, C & HThis Dog30/08/2020
As per Nuttals, but with insertion of Thack Moor before Black Fell. Return down valley was very rough underfoot, but I set up 2 Barn Owls out of the tussocky boggy moorland.IanHHill06/08/2020
By the fence from Hartside Cross.Peter_W_Mitchell 17/07/2020
Hartside Summit-Black Fell-Grey Nag-Tom Smith's Stone Top-Watch Hill-Thack Moor-Renwick-Hartside Summitmuzza217/07/2020
Followed Nuttalls route warm, overcast and hazydgresty09/06/2020
Renwick, Thack Moor, Watch Hill, Tom Smith's Stone Top, Grey Nag, Black Fell, Renwick.PGCE16/05/2020
Black Fell and Thack Moor with Ben in high winds.axoree10/02/2020
10:00, 2 degrees, strong south-westerlies, cloud swirling around summits but gradually improving. Black Fell initially out of cloud, then came down and straightforward navigation suddenly not so simple. Found the trig anyway and set compass for Watch Hill.Wycombe Wanderer20/01/2020
very boggy and partially frozen solo last Nuttall of the daycolinfielding31/12/2019
Renwick circular route with Lauren “Bog” cold and windy!Sockpan20/10/2019
Black Fell, Tom Smith’s Stone, Grey Nag from Castle Nook.lenman18/07/2019
Followed the Nuttalls route, via Grey Nag and Tom Smith's Stone Top. After reading previous comments I was prepared for the peat hags which were wet but manageable.Gary Heath24/03/2019
From U-bend in road to S. Good track to the mine, then across the rubbish. On to Tom Smith's Stone and Grey Nag. Lots of peat hags to negotiate.jonglew15/01/2019
13.3 mile circular from Castle Nook farm. Walked along Pennine Way south towards Alston then followed walled track onto the moors, climbed over easy walls onto Park Fell Summit and trig then left summit enclosure under barbed wire in broken wall, followed pathless but fairly easy ridge onto Benty Hill (all fence crossings are easy not barbed after Park Fell), then ascended Hartside Height onto Black Fell, followed broad ridge to Tom Smiths Stone Top Nuttall then Grey Nag, the numerous bogs on the way are still fairly dry at the minute. From Grey Nag descended east pathless at first then ATV track to Little Heaplaw, and descended steeply down to road, along road back to start. High Cloud/sunny, unsurprisingly saw no one all day.DanTrig04/08/2018
From Hartsidetomd422/07/2018
From Alston via Park Fell/Bently HillCoxswain20/06/2018
Via Nuttall routeSlash302/06/2018
From Car park near ruins of the Hartside Café - across the moor rising to Black Fell via Little Daffenside - Black Fell Summit and Trig (664) - descend towards Long Tongue Beck then rise onto Watch Hill Summit (602) past the currocks and on to Thack Moor Summit (610) & Trig - track towards Townhead but turned to Outhwaite - Flowering Wood - Peas Crook - Haresceugh - lane to Seleh Bridge - Bridleway via Ricker Gill bridge to Hartside and Carbriandavies28/05/2018
Enjoyable circular walk from Renwick-Thack Moor-Watch Hill-Black Fell-Hartside summit(shame about the cafe burning down).With Oscar and Bridget.catman20/05/2018
With Bridget and Catman.oscarrosie20/05/2018
With Catman and Oscar.rosiebridge20/05/2018
Nice walk up from the cafe Lot of bog on the topDarren-44326/08/2017