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Name: | Firbank Fell |
Hill number: | 16108 |
Height: | 324m / 1063ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2665 Lambrigg Fell |
RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Kent, Catchment Boundaries, Lune |
Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
Grid ref: | SD 61478 94438 |
Summit feature: | small pile of stones |
Drop: | 84m |
Col: | 240m SD600940 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL19S |
Survey: | obvious summit |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 74 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
5 mins. Good views. | Play2End | 13/12/2023 |
From yellow Road near Junc 37 of M6. Good parking at junc with A684. Walked up yellow Rd to gate on R. Followed track then path NE to summit. Return same. On journey from England to Scotland | Lynnebe | 29/05/2023 |
Previously had bad experience on extremely narrow minor road adjacent to summit,so parked near Goodies on B road.Utilized path via Hill Top-moist and overgrown in parts,but otherwise good.Excellent all-round views from cairn.With Oscar. | catman | 07/04/2023 |
With Catman. | oscarrosie | 07/04/2023 |
Kendal to Sedbergh bus dropped me at end of lane to south. This hill and Knotts - both easy and with time to catch the next (and last) bus back to Kendal | trimarc2 | 21/11/2022 |
Parked by stile and easy plod up to the small cairn on top | Colin Crawford | 09/10/2022 |
Roadside parking by row, no wall between here and top. | Flatfield | 17/07/2022 |
From Knotts vis minor road and RoW to the south of the summit. Easy slopes up to summit. Returned to road the same way. | KeithByTheC | 12/06/2022 |
From SE where FP crosses road, quick ascent to top with C and then onto Knotts. | PeterD | 21/12/2021 |
On drive to Sedbergh to collect L who had walked 15 miles there on Dales Way from home. Fab views of the steep sided mighty Howgills which have the happy luck of being close to The Lakes - which draws the crowds away . On single track met the world's fastest reverser -farmer in is hilux who kindly zoomed back hundreds of metres to a gap for me, and then farm lorry brushing both hedges who also reversed uphill round a corner with confident ease. More vehicles encountered on this hill -which is a motorbike scrambling venue for the Westmorland Motor Club -founded 1910. 3 scrambling bikes seen on summit just before I plodded up there. Technically this noisy mess is just outside the extended (2016) Yorkshire Dales National Park boundary which runs along the minor road to the east. Amused to see the 'Goodies' place name down to the east - the catchy theme tune and 3 seat bike springing to mind from the 1970's | Chris Pearson | 12/09/2021 |
Quick ascent over ground scarred by off road vehicles. Nobody about and a very fine view. | fasgadh | 24/07/2021 |
Good parking at start of path to SE | conanharrod | 01/02/2021 |
From Goodies Farmhouse up BW, thence to Fox's Pulpit and Knott, then along lane and short hop to Firbank Fell, returning via Hill Top Farm. | milimana | 23/12/2020 |
Solo from A684 lay-by, in front of brown “Western Dales” sign at SD 61461 91695. Kirkbank, Knotts & Firbank Fell. Best bit was Fox’s Pulpit. | ADT | 09/08/2020 |
Parked by Foxs Pulpit which is indeed interesting and went to Firbanks Fell and Knotts. | clivevilla | 28/07/2020 |
Ascended from the path to the south on a wet morning. | JohnW | 27/07/2020 |
From road to the east | vegibagger | 18/03/2020 |
Through the stone-wall-style SE pretending to use the signed footpath while a farmer fed the ewes on the other side of the road. | Eddie | 16/03/2020 |
Parked by Westmorland Motor Club and walked up road to stile. | citygent | 04/02/2020 |
2/4 Knotts, then Firbank Fell, both from parking beside the Fox's Pulpit Quaker preaching site (interesting) and then Kirkbank and Summerhouse Hill. Uninspiring hills on a drizzly day but gets them done | nickywood1 | 04/01/2020 |
Access Land. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 25/11/2019 |
Parked near sheep pens at Fox's Pulpit and after Knotts walked up the road to footpath sign with stile giving access to summit. | Fisky Boy | 15/05/2019 |
With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 15/05/2019 |
From footpath/road crossing. | summitsup | 21/03/2019 |
Roadside verge parking due E. Quick nip over in high winds, horizontal heavy rain and well after sunset. Small cairn in a grassy area. Last of 10 little tumps this afternoon. | jonglew | 28/11/2018 |
Obvious but unmarked high point within Westmorland Motor club enclosure - though nothing there apart from sign. Rough grass. Parked near Fox' s pulpit and walked up. | Denise | 13/03/2017 |
Fine weather. Chased by flock of hungry sheep. | Wycombe Wanderer | 04/12/2016 |
Firbank Fell Race | Fraoch | 10/01/2016 |
From minor road verge to SE at SD 61637 94244. No walls to cross as the one shown south of summit on 25k map is ruined. | David Gradwell | 17/04/2015 |
Dash out to complete this, easy from minor road to East. | nordicstar | 08/02/2015 |
Farm hands repairing wall at shortest approach, so longer route from N. Good parking at SD 6142.9494. Two gates close together, one further S taken, broad track followed round back of hill. Summit grass and sedge, slight dome with fence posts lying around. Off-roaders have made a right mess of back of this hill. | Aye Jimmy | 25/11/2014 |
Same as Chris W and Dugswell. | Alan Caine | 01/11/2014 |
Forth TuMP today with Chris Watson. | Dugswell2 | 14/03/2014 |
Parked in gateway of Westmorland Motor Club for a few minutes. There is a stile about 300m up the road giving access to summit. With DL. | chriswatson | 14/03/2014 |
Small space to pull in a car just south of the highest point of the road. The difficulty is negotiating the roadside wall. Fortunately this has been patched up with wooden railings enabling everyone but the severely arthritic to find a gap to suit them. | moorsman | 05/03/2014 |
Rough grass & heather, a scatter of fenceposts. | RHW | 16/02/2014 |
tight parking if verge is wet. | jimbloomer | 10/02/2014 |
Stop off to see Fox's pulpit. Two simple climbs | mcbiydw2 | 20/09/2013 |
Rowan | 11/03/2024 | |
Laurel | 11/03/2024 | |
Matt | 15/06/2023 | |
Sainesy | 14/08/2022 | |
raymondwilkes | 08/05/2022 | |
cumbria mammoth | 20/04/2022 | |
Martin R | 05/01/2022 | |
Alex C | 13/06/2021 | |
David84 | 11/04/2021 | |
dickiewren | 09/03/2021 | |
Kendall | 16/01/2021 | |
Steve Q | 12/09/2020 |