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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 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 94 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
After Burney, in the wet. | IanHHill | 14/03/2024 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 05/01/2024 |
From Burney, pheasant feeders looking like daleks around summit. | cjo | 15/10/2023 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 28/05/2023 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 25/02/2023 |
From Burney. | Andrew Pearson | 13/08/2022 |
From SD 2592 8521 + Burney revisit. | summitsup | 12/07/2022 |
From the south. Short boggy area to cross. | Adrian | 29/01/2022 |
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. | RichardM | 02/01/2022 |
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_alan | 29/10/2021 |
part of walk from Kirkby-in Furness to Water Yeat. | trimarc2 | 12/07/2021 |
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. | moorsman | 12/05/2021 |
Came down from Burney sat a Brew (Brew with a View) | Philposs | 10/04/2021 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 12/03/2021 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 12/02/2021 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 22/01/2021 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 10/07/2020 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 18/06/2020 |
Evening stroll up Combs and Burney. | PGCE | 06/06/2020 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 01/03/2020 |
Revisit(post op) | Dave Geere | 12/10/2019 |
Revisit(pre op) | Dave Geere | 08/10/2019 |
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. Nice | nickywood1 | 14/09/2019 |
Twilight from SW, rain sweeping in from the west. | Wycombe Wanderer | 10/02/2019 |
From Burney. | CJM | 14/01/2019 |
Good parking for 2-3 cars by the No Parking sign (SD 2595 8520). Burney first then a direct route across to here. | jonglew | 12/12/2018 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 11/11/2018 |
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 Purchase | 06/10/2018 |
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. | Hillsidenick | 19/11/2017 |
Combs from GR:SD 25959 85190 | ronaldo333 | 24/09/2017 |
Easy down and up from Burney | Mark Sims | 29/06/2017 |
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. | david230201 | 28/05/2017 |
This and Great Burney from the lay by on the 5092 | bardolph | 12/04/2017 |
Room to park on road to south by right of way. Combs and Burney. | ijpowell | 31/03/2017 |
After Burney, again | nordicstar | 14/02/2017 |
After Kirkby Moor & Burney. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 13/02/2017 |
A quick afternoon jog after the Dunnderdale Horseshoe this morning. | Shutterlag | 13/02/2017 |
From Great Burney | Stormcrow | 30/11/2016 |
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. | amblerbob | 05/11/2016 |
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. | catman | 25/10/2016 |
With Catman. | oscarrosie | 25/10/2016 |
Lowick Beacon, Combs, Great Burney, Blawith Knott, Tottlebank Height, Wool Knott, Fisher High, Yew Bank, Thornthwaite Latter Rigg | keithouk | 23/10/2016 |
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 Wanderer | 12/05/2016 |
run with Pup over Kirkby Moor | Littledave | 26/04/2016 |
Blawith to Water Yeat. | Smudge | 16/01/2016 |
From South at same time as doing Lowick High Common and Burney with A&C | PeterD | 29/12/2015 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 29/12/2015 |
From sw, track then good path. Nice easy bracken free terrain | RHW | 02/08/2015 |
With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 19/07/2015 |