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| Name: | Lease Knott |
| Hill number: | 19369 |
| Height: | 141.6m / 465ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2647 Whitfell |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Catchment: | Esk (Ravenglass) |
| Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
| Grid ref: | SD 12415 96351 |
| Summit feature: | rock outcrop |
| Drop: | 30.4m |
| Col: | 111.2m SD 1246 9620  |
| 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 30 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Martin R | 14/04/2024 | |
| From the lay-by. Don't take the direct route across the grass but follow the wall to the col with Stainton Tower hill. A nice top but horrid underfoot. | peebs | 17/03/2024 |
| Alan Moore | 02/02/2023 | |
| DC11main | 04/10/2022 | |
| A real stinker; approach from the south west wasn't too bad but my exit towards Devoke Water, along the forest edge, was the stuff of nightmare. The vegetation was so deep and so riddled with water filled and hidden holes, that at times I seemed to make no progress at all. Do not come this way. | Colin Crawford | 15/09/2022 |
| Matt | 28/07/2022 | |
| 11 of16. 500m of worryingly deep tussocky swamp ambushing the approach around the forest edge from Latterbarrow. I came close to throwing myself flat when both knees went under in a deep hole before I disappeared with a glug. Hellish and a worthy addition to rich back catalogue of never again miles of tussocks, swamps, peat bogs, mires, deep heather, scree slopes, head high bracken and assorted miscellaneous misery. Continued floundering up and down more tussocks onto Stainton Tower and then made a pickle of not finding the path down NW through the deep dead bracken. For added value all sampled under a blazing sun and with 5 hours of rough going already in tiring legs and 4 hours to go. So much for hoping to pick up speed on this section. | Chris Pearson | 26/03/2022 |
| With M, C and V from the crossroads on Eskdale to Ulpha road, on a round of Seat How, Rough Crag, Water Crag, Stainton Tower, Lease Knott, Latter Barrow and Raven Crag. May be small but not the easiest of hills. | PeterD | 22/12/2021 |
| conanharrod | 14/03/2021 | |
| IWC | 01/10/2020 | |
| PaulineC | 01/10/2020 | |
| 2/4 Climbed Stainton Tower from Ellerbeck, involved a bit of tussocky land to reach summit. Then dropped down to the East to pick up public path heading North to get us nearer to Lease Knott. Some bracken to cross and a couple of damp areas but on balance easier than going back down to the road. After Lease Knott, down over the forestry fence and across the newly cut area (hard going to reach a track. Down the Track North for very short way, then find best way across to East, cross stream in the forest, then head South East beside stream to pick up a good path which is the key to ascending. Turn up beside the wall, and wind up through trees easily to Summit of Latter Barrow. From Latterbarrow can see easy way over to Raven Crag via to gaps in walls. Down via track to Cragg farm back along lane. Very tiring 4 hours just to do such low tumps. Good views. | nickywood1 | 26/07/2020 |
| From Stainton Tower. Twilight descent to NE then footpath and new forestry track back to road. Lots of obstacles but a decent little walk. | Wycombe Wanderer | 29/11/2019 |
| Bag For Life | 29/11/2019 | |
| m0untain_n0mad | 07/06/2019 | |
| Very opportune parking place for a single car at the road bend west of Knott End. Even better at the top of this parking area is a bridlegate which luckily gives access to a developing path right up the hillside. If travelling from Latter Barrow follow the wall south until you come to a ladder stile. This gives you access to a clear path through the wood emerging within sight of the summit of Lease Knott. | moorsman | 11/05/2019 |
| Good parking at SD 1308 9770. Circular walk of 3 tops; Raven Crag and Latter Barrow first then across to here. Some brash to contend with but not too bad. Dropping back down to the road on a muddy logging track. | jonglew | 05/04/2019 |
| Went around remaining forest from Latterbarrow the along forest edge. Dreadful swampy tussocky ground. Kept to left of wall for half of decent, then crossed to right through old woodland. Eventually on ghastly forest track. Shame after four other good tops. With a tired Bryher. | jenx | 27/02/2019 |
| Alone up from parking before the farm, used new forestry track. Unholy mess created as ever, cut off to follow wall up the hill and into another cleared area. Stuck to North side of the wall until a gap allowed access to summit tops. Two of them, the southern appeared highest. | nordicstar | 26/02/2019 |
| Within designated open access area. From Stainton Tower - the undulating nature of the tussocky terrain makes it difficult to see where gaps, gates or hurdles facilitate passage through the maze of fragile walls topped with fencing. | Isbjorn | 03/12/2018 |
| Debs and Tali, Garner Bank then along the ridge to Lease Knott picking up the tops. | Mountain Goat | 25/08/2018 |
| mcbiydw2 | 16/08/2018 | |
| GaryJones | 24/05/2018 | |
| mae | 26/04/2018 | |
| Rambling Ray | 11/03/2018 | |
| From layby on A595 to SW of Ellerbeck (roadworks on lane N). Very soggy in parts but nice summit, strong wind. Passed within 150m of this in 2015 on way from Stainton Tower to Latter Barrow. | Aye Jimmy | 15/02/2018 |
| From W. Good parking on a bend of A595 at SD 1147 9609 where path starts. Combines well with Stainton Tower. | jimbloomer | 07/02/2018 |
| Lease Knott from North East, as per RHW descent route. 10 figure GR: SD 12414 96358 | ronaldo333 | 03/02/2018 |
| From NW, RoW, up thru wood and cliffs. Easier descent thru felled forest via rough haul road. Slabby rocky HP. | RHW | 31/01/2018 |
| Dave Geere | 22/01/2018 |