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Name: | Brantrake Crags |
Hill number: | 16147 |
Height: | 259m / 850ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2647 Whitfell |
RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Esk (Ravenglass) |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | SD 14907 98166 |
Summit feature: | small cairn on outcrop |
Drop: | 47m |
Col: | 212m SD152982 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 (1:25k) OL6N |
Survey: | obvious summit |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 49 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
First hill of 2 day walk from Eskdale Green to Old Dungeon Ghyll via the Boot Inn. Great views | trimarc2 | 03/11/2022 |
8/16 Simple and pleasant and over in a thrice from Garner Bank then a nice descent west but then a dreadfully long tussocky mile with scratchy dead bracken (on bare legs on this hot day) above forest edge with little in the way of sheep paths to reach Raven Tor where sheep nibbled grass finally reappeared. | Chris Pearson | 26/03/2022 |
Ascended on BW, up the zig zags, first to Garner Bank then across to the cairn on this one. Nice little hill. | PeterD | 22/07/2021 |
Parked at Forge Bridge. A lovely walk up the zigzag footpath onto the fellside. Great views from the cairn. A hill well worth visiting. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 20/04/2021 |
Debs & Tali, heading back to car after Rowantree How. | Mountain Goat | 27/03/2021 |
An indistinct roadside gate, wet and rough beyond, until the good sled path is reached, then, a lovely climb up to an old upland grazing/ crop area. 
Brantrake itself is a lovely Tump. A good rocky top with excellent views along the Esk estuary and 180* up to Scafell and beyond. with Jack and Cadpig. | Karmakarl | 12/01/2021 |
Garner Bank, Brantrake Crags, Redbrow Bank, Smithy Mire | IWC | 16/10/2020 |
2/4 Parked just beyond bends on road down to Eskdale Green, walked up round the head of the Ghyll and strike over fell to Garner Bank, then on to Brantrake Crags. Down the lovely Bridleway to valley, use lanes to work round to footpath to West of Redfbrow Bank then over Redbrow Bank and Smithy Mire. Fantastic hot day, couldn't have done much more. | nickywood1 | 01/06/2020 |
Via bridleway. On to Garner Bank. | Wycombe Wanderer | 02/12/2019 |
With Garner Bank from minor road to ESE at SD 16828 98030. | David Gradwell | 08/06/2019 |
Small parking spot at the start of the bridleway to the north west (difficult to spot the sign as it is low down). The first part, up to where the path starts to go uphill, is messy, stoney and wet, however this is lost as you climb upwards along a clear, dry track. Summit easy to spot | moorsman | 10/05/2019 |
With Jules and Jill on clear day | Grey Hare | 04/05/2019 |
Seat How, Rough Crag (Birker Moor), Water Crag, 	Brantrake Crags, camped at col then Garner Bank. Returned to start then short walk over Redbrow Bank and Smithy Mire. | RobertP | 16/03/2019 |
Well constructed old Bridleway once away from stone wall. A nice pair of little craggy tops above Eskdale. With Bryher on a beautiful sunny day. | jenx | 27/02/2019 |
Small cairn on rock outcrop, accessed via the well- defined Brant Rake from The Green railway station car park (Free). Ridges clear under grey skies. | Denise | 29/12/2018 |
Nice summit with cairn on rock outcrop. Good coastal views but cloud on the high peaks. With Denise and Selvyn | RichardM | 29/12/2018 |
Parking for a few cars at the road junc (SD 1710 9771). Nice short round of local hills: Seat How -> Rough Crag -> Water Crag -> Brantrake Crags -> Garner Bank. | jonglew | 09/12/2018 |
Via FP from SD 1454298573 - NB, the FP fingerpost is only about 0.5m tall and is easily overlooked in the overgroown vegetation. | Isbjorn | 09/12/2018 |
Debs and Tali, Garner Bank then along the ridge to Lease Knott picking up the tops. | Mountain Goat | 25/08/2018 |
With Rick and Charles | thenomad | 05/12/2017 |
With Charles E and Steve Lewis (first four hills) from road crossroads at Birker Fell minor road. Rough Crag > Water Crag (repeats for me) then down to cross Brantrake moss and lovely old sheilings and ancient sheepfolds. Climbed Garner Bank and Brantrake Crags before C&S left for Muncaster Fell | nordicstar | 05/12/2017 |
With Steve Lewis and Rick salter | vegibagger | 04/12/2017 |
Brantrake Crags > Garner Bank from GR: SD 14511 98566 | ronaldo333 | 29/10/2017 |
'Fine wee mountain' indeed from its twin of Garner Bank. Camped just under the summit. | mick | 07/05/2017 |
First summit on the return leg after traversing Muncaster. Lovely zig-zags up from north | Colin Crawford | 02/04/2017 |
Walked across from Water Crag to ascend. | JohnW | 13/02/2017 |
Via bridleway from N. Big carpark | jimbloomer | 30/09/2015 |
After Garner Bank. Then revisited Rough Crag on way back | RHW | 19/07/2015 |
Good parking spot at SD 1450.9857 and f/p starting nearby. Goes round top of wood then joins a fine zig-zag path up the hill behind Brantrake house. | Aye Jimmy | 12/06/2015 |
Fine wee mountain | peebs | 15/03/2015 |
With Jo, circular walk from Forge Bridge: road then b/w onto Brantrake Crags, Garner Bank, then onto Smithy Mire (gate SD 16669 98826) and Redbrow Bank, returning through Milkingstead Wood. Weather; overcast, occasional mizzle, cold wind, moderate visibility. | amblerbob | 10/11/2014 |
Mark Hodgson | 28/11/2023 | |
DC11main | 11/02/2023 | |
Matt | 29/07/2022 | |
Alan Caine | 22/08/2021 | |
CXB | 05/05/2021 | |
conanharrod | 21/02/2021 | |
PaulineC | 16/10/2020 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 08/06/2019 | |
George Gradwell | 08/06/2019 | |
m0untain_n0mad | 24/06/2017 | |
mae | 20/06/2017 | |
mcbiydw2 | 09/04/2017 | |
GaryJones | 17/07/2016 | |
Rambling Ray | 25/10/2015 | |
tommo | 15/02/2015 | |
Dave Geere | 28/09/2014 | |
AdyGray | 08/08/2013 | |
AlanD | 26/09/1981 |