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Name:Combs
Hill number:16145
Height:264m / 866ft
Parent (Ma):2668  Kirkby Moor [Lowick High Common]
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Duddon, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Ulverston)
Watershed:Morecambe Bay
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:SD 26604 85706
Summit feature:grassy knoll
Drop:42m
Col:222m  SD263857  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 96 97
(1:25k) OL6S
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 94 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
After Burney, in the wet.IanHHill14/03/2024
RevisitDave Geere05/01/2024
From Burney, pheasant feeders looking like daleks around summit.cjo15/10/2023
RevisitDave Geere28/05/2023
RevisitDave Geere25/02/2023
From Burney.Andrew Pearson13/08/2022
From SD 2592 8521 + Burney revisit.summitsup12/07/2022
From the south. Short boggy area to cross.Adrian29/01/2022
From Burney; steep or boggy pasture. HP: rock outcrop on edge. String wind and grey but dry. Followed ridge NE to road and then west to car in improving weather.Denise 02/01/2022
From col to W. Sheep pasture.RichardM02/01/2022
A hour's late afternoon walk from the road to the south west. Past the enclosure and up to Combs, then steeply down and up to the trig on Burney. AW's Outlying Fell's Walk No 26, but including Combs. (S)silveracorn_alan29/10/2021
part of walk from Kirkby-in Furness to Water Yeat.trimarc212/07/2021
Plenty of roadside parking on the minor road to the south west. A good, but occasionally boggy, path leads all the way up to the col between Combs and Great Burney. From the top a track then leads upwards to the summit.moorsman12/05/2021
Came down from Burney sat a Brew (Brew with a View)Philposs10/04/2021
RevisitDave Geere12/03/2021
RevisitDave Geere12/02/2021
RevisitDave Geere22/01/2021
RevisitDave Geere10/07/2020
RevisitDave Geere18/06/2020
Evening stroll up Combs and Burney.PGCE06/06/2020
RevisitDave Geere01/03/2020
Revisit(post op)Dave Geere12/10/2019
Revisit(pre op)Dave Geere08/10/2019
2/2 Up Burney as a revisit, and then across to Combs and back round base of hill to car, parked just at South base of Burney on minor road. Short half hour stroll in autumnal sunshine. Nicenickywood114/09/2019
Twilight from SW, rain sweeping in from the west.Wycombe Wanderer10/02/2019
From Burney.CJM14/01/2019
Good parking for 2-3 cars by the No Parking sign (SD 2595 8520). Burney first then a direct route across to here.jonglew12/12/2018
RevisitDave Geere11/11/2018
Short round (Burney next) from the parking area just north of the A5092 on a day which was far better than the forecast predicted.David Purchase06/10/2018
From Burney using direct path via ancient cairn at the hause. Enjoyed exceptional views then down SW ridge to join main farm track back to fell road.Hillsidenick19/11/2017
Combs from GR:SD 25959 85190ronaldo33324/09/2017
Easy down and up from BurneyMark Sims29/06/2017
From Brown Howe Car Park near Coniston Water (SD 29051 91067) - Beacon Fell - Wool Knott - Tottlebank Height - Blawith Knott - Burney - Combs - Yew Bank - Fisher High. Clear paths throughout although a little vague in places, lots of road walking in between Blawith Knott & Burney and also in between Combs & Yew Bank. An enjoyable walk to bag six Wainwright Outlying Fells.david23020128/05/2017
This and Great Burney from the lay by on the 5092bardolph12/04/2017
Room to park on road to south by right of way. Combs and Burney.ijpowell31/03/2017
After Burney, againnordicstar14/02/2017
After Kirkby Moor & Burney. On own.MorecambeMonkey13/02/2017
A quick afternoon jog after the Dunnderdale Horseshoe this morning.Shutterlag13/02/2017
From Great BurneyStormcrow30/11/2016
With Jo, from A5092 lay-by: across Gawthwaite Moss and Gawthwaite Moor to Combs, then onto Burney (top and trig), descending over Kirkby Moor. Weather; sunny, cold wind, good visibility.amblerbob05/11/2016
Used path near junction of A5092 and B5281.Mostly clear but may be quite wet in parts after heavy rain.At cairn shown on map,follow clear path up the hill.Good viewpoint.With Oscar.catman25/10/2016
With Catman.oscarrosie25/10/2016
Lowick Beacon, Combs, Great Burney, Blawith Knott, Tottlebank Height, Wool Knott, Fisher High, Yew Bank, Thornthwaite Latter Riggkeithouk23/10/2016
BLAWITH KNOTT -TOTTLEBANK HEIGHT -COMBS - GREAT BURNEY. Parked at quarry and had a fantastic day out in sunny weather. Very windy on the tops but stunning views all round.Hill Wanderer12/05/2016
run with Pup over Kirkby MoorLittledave26/04/2016
Blawith to Water Yeat.Smudge16/01/2016
From South at same time as doing Lowick High Common and Burney with A&CPeterD29/12/2015
RevisitDave Geere29/12/2015
From sw, track then good path. Nice easy bracken free terrainRHW02/08/2015
With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie.Dangerous Dave19/07/2015