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| Name: | Yewbarrow |
| Hill number: | 16284 |
| Height: | 128m / 420ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2697 Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Kent |
| Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
| Grid ref: | SD 43214 84923 |
| Summit feature: | grass mound 10m N of cairn |
| Drop: | 60m |
| Col: | 68m SD436860  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL7S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| 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 |
| Up from church. Steep track through the trees. Visted simons seat, a bench, before the adjacent cairn and grass area. | cjo | 03/09/2023 |
| Anastice, Whitbarrow, Yewbarrow, Holme, Newton Fell, Newton Fell South, Ulpha Fell | keithouk | 10/04/2023 |
| Rejoined L at lunchtime at Witherslack village hall after my 3hr+ outing and her recorder group morning. 2 hour pleasant circuit over Yewbarrow whilst the sun dipped and its earlier welcome warmth soon vanished. The lower top with Simon's Seat offering the better views (and a seat!)than the summit looking down the lovely Lyth Valley out to sea (well-Morecambe Bay). Looped down via Witherslack School (rebranded Oversands) to visit Beck Head -an exquisite vigorous limestone spring / resurgence and passed our first ever pet sit at 'Dusty's the cat' 7 years ago. Our duties had included re-stocking the adjoining the Hiker's Barn DIY tea shop. Today we also had a nosey in passing at the deluxe eco bunkhouse and its owner's house recently for sale -with an amazing top Category A EPC. Very muddy cow churned fp through bushes back to Witherslack. | Chris Pearson | 19/11/2022 |
| Cycle the track from Witherslack Hall to within 400m then up and down easy ground. | Eddie | 04/08/2022 |
| Brief stroll for a picnic after buying plants at Abi & Toms. Parked in the layby just past the church and walked up the zig zag path | RowanP | 18/06/2022 |
| There is a dedicated parking area, suitable for up to about a dozen cars, if you turn right directly in front of the entrance to Witherslack School. A short walk north along the road to the bridleway then head south towards the hill. Once you reach the boundary of the open access some paths lead directly up to the top rather than around the base of the hill. | moorsman | 18/05/2022 |
| walked up Bridleway from SSW. A short and enjoyable walk | trimarc2 | 13/10/2021 |
| From the north on bridleway, then thin tracks begin at open country straight to the top. | Moorponder | 22/04/2021 |
| From Witherslack Hall via the bridleway & paths. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 15/04/2021 |
| Framed view of Dow Crags. | jimbloomer2 | 24/12/2020 |
| part of a mopping up opportunist day. | Shutterlag | 26/08/2020 |
| With Jules & Heather. | Dusty | 01/02/2020 |
| With Dusty , Jules and Jill on a circular walk from Mill Side on a mainly dry but windy day . | Grey Hare | 01/02/2020 |
| From Witherslack Church | briandiggle | 29/12/2018 |
| alked from our house, back of the fell road, Holme hill, then on to Yewbarrow, Anastice on Whitbarrow and back via Derby Arms to Ulpha Fell, then back via Meathop to Lindale. Proper benighted - good job we know the way! Great day out. | nickywood1 | 04/11/2018 |
| Lunch in the churchyard; nice pivot benchmark on a window sill; chat with the groundsman - who informed me locals call this hill The Noddle. Woodland walk from RoW opposite the school; minor logging in progress but FPs all open. Nice open top with excellent views to the Whitbarrow Scar. | jonglew | 09/07/2018 |
| Whilst a Maying with Nad. | Wycombe Wanderer | 13/05/2018 |
| From Witherslack Hall after Whitbarrow | Crib Goch | 29/04/2018 |
| Solo, On the way back from Kendal | Mountain Goat | 16/04/2018 |
| Parked outside the church and ascended by footpath from the bend in the road to the north. Paths can become confusing higher up due to forestry work. A vey pleasant open summit. | JohnW | 05/04/2018 |
| A dull overcast cold day. A pleasant walk but spoilt by tree felling and a slight thaw the combined effect of which turned much of the path into something resembling a WW1 battlefield. Parking very limited and could be a problem in summer. Done with Fenton. | Chris Terrey | 09/01/2018 |
| Yewbarrow from GR: SD 42894 84670 | ronaldo333 | 08/10/2017 |
| Parked just south of the church in Witherslack. Nice hill. | Alan Caine | 11/12/2016 |
| With Jo, from Mill Side: b/w to Rawson’s Wood onto Anastice, then onto Whitbarrow-Lord’s Seat, continuing on f/p down Whitbarrow Scar to Witherslack Hall Farm, then onto Yewbarrow and returning along road. Weather; sunny, mild, good visibility. | amblerbob | 04/12/2016 |
| Started mill side up to whitbarrow scar diverting to Anastice and then back up to Lords Seat for lunch. Dropped down to witherslack school and then on up to Yewbarrow before going back to mill side via town end village. Beautiful day. | Hill Wanderer | 10/03/2016 |
| From SD 42894 84670. | summitsup | 31/01/2016 |
| From Witherslack Hall after doing with Whitbarrow with A&C. Along Bridleway then up. | PeterD | 24/12/2015 |
| A fabulous Limestone torr - Witherslack Hall - Whitbarrow Summit (Lords Seat) 215m with its Juniper - drop down the east side Rakesbarrow to Rawsons Beck head (Memories of Blackberries & Shaggy Ink Caps)return via Yewbarrow Summit - Lawns house and Hell Moss | briandavies | 10/10/2015 |
| From sw, church, direct route steep n sketchy, proper path found on way down, starts a little further s by a house | RHW | 05/09/2015 |
| With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 03/08/2015 |
| Easy ascent using path starting 100m N of Church | GordonAdshead | 09/07/2015 |
| Large track from near church in Witherslack leads up through wood to open hillside. | Aye Jimmy | 07/03/2015 |
| On low-level 7 miles gentle(but ultimately disappointing)stroll from Latterbarrow Nature Reserve near A 590 via Witherslack Hall.Reasonable views.With Oscar. | catman | 06/02/2015 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 06/02/2015 |
| That's Lyth recce | Ronald | 04/01/2015 |
| Parking by school or church - path starts at either point. Lovely limestone - views to Ingleborough. | jimbloomer | 10/12/2013 |
| Parked to west near the Church | George Gradwell | 01/10/2010 |
| From church in Witherslack at SD 43176 84224. | David Gradwell | 23/01/2010 |
| On a work CAP meet, run w Ray Munden x2 | nordicstar | 01/05/1997 |
| malcorbett | 21/03/2024 | |
| ScaSey | 08/01/2024 | |
| Dawn Oldham | 10/04/2023 | |
| Crawford Lindsay | 06/04/2023 | |
| wintergreen | 06/04/2023 | |
| DC11main | 13/02/2022 | |
| Martin R | 15/01/2022 | |
| ScaSey | 10/01/2022 | |
| Rambling Ray | 03/11/2021 | |
| studuncan | 13/08/2021 | |
| David84 | 16/04/2021 |