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Name: | Brandreth |
Hill number: | 2416 |
Height: | 715m / 2346ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2367 Great Gable |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington), Catchment Boundaries, Calder & Ehen |
Watershed: | St Bees Head to Ravenscar |
Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 21454 11916 |
Summit feature: | rock |
Drop: | 60m |
Col: | 655m NY215115 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | Wainwright cairn 35m ENE at NY 21489 11928 and cairn 75m SE at NY 21518 11873 are both c 0.4m lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1517 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Fleetwith Pike, on tracks to the highest point. Visited various cairns, and Wainwright summit. On over Grey Knotts, back to Honister Pass. | LizH | 14/01/2024 |
12.1 miles 3757ft walk,start at Honister Pass NT carpark to Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts. | stephenbuda | 15/10/2023 |
Honister, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Windy Gap, Seathwaite Fell, Honister over Seatoller Fell. | AvidSockWearer | 09/09/2023 |
From Honister Mine. Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Windy Gap, Seathwaite Fell, return to Honister over Seatoller Fell. 13.5 miles/2200m ascent. With AvidSockWearer. /D | meltdiceburg | 09/09/2023 |
Gillercomb Round from Seathwaite, Base Brown via Sourmilk Gill, Green Gable, Brandreth, Grey Knotts and back down via the old plumbago mines. Super hot. | MountainTerrier | 06/09/2023 |
English Nuttall Walk 3.1: Great Gable from Honister Pass. Visiting Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Kirk Fell, Kirk Fell East Top, Great Gable, Green Gable, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts. A perfect day in the Lakes with great views, although the amount of scree on Gable's steep slopes is rather tiring. 20km with 1600m ascent, taking 9 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 16/08/2023 |
From National Trust Car park, Honister Pass NY 2254 1353 Via Green Gable, Great Gable, Green Gable, then on to Grey Knotts, Returned to start. | Westdenewalker | 11/08/2023 |
From Honister pass to Green Gable > Great Gable > back over Green Gable > Brandreth > Grey Knotts. accompanied by WestdeneWalker. | Kwalkway | 11/08/2023 |
From the mine car park with DW, DS10 and DD8. Brandreth and Grey Knotts. Into a very strong Westerly for the outward. | nukeboy1 | 11/08/2023 |
From Wasdale Head, Lingmell Beck to Sty Head via the Bursting Knott, climbers traverse Scrambling along threaded through Napes Needle, the flake under arrowhead ridge and Sphinx rock. Scramble down little hells gate to climbers traverse, hit Gavel Neese and scrambled over White Napes & on to Great Gable. Amazing clear 360 views all around the Lakes. Down to Windy Gap, up to Green Gable. Quick there and back to Base Brown to almost the top of GG, to Brandeth and Grey Knotts then back towards Beck Head and last slog up Kirk Fell. We were Rewarded with the alt view of GG and amazing vistas over the Scafell Massif. Heading NW off the back of KF, through gully of Kirkfell crags, Black Sail Pass into Wasdale Head. | ByronHaywood | 22/06/2023 |
From Honister slate mine. Nice hot day | electricratman | 11/06/2023 |
/7661858307 | ravioli7938 | 06/06/2023 |
Climbed as part of the Coast to Coast | Paul_142_uk | 04/06/2023 |
Boss sunny day with Gareth | Kenny Morris | 29/05/2023 |
From Seatoller. 
13 km, 1000 m asc. 
To Seathwaite and Sourmilk Gill, leaving the Gillercomb path to climb SE to join the Big Rock and Hanging Stone traverse path and climbing up to Base Brown summit. SW to Green Gable, down to Wind Gap and up to the memorial and summit of Great Gable. Back over Green Gable and N to Brandreth and Grey Knotts summits. NE down the fence to Honister Hause and back by the old toll road. 
Dry, sunny. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720308686780 | SalmonJoe | 24/05/2023 |
From Beckhead Tarn, mostly via Moses' Trod until leaving the path to head directly to the summit | jeffpl | 24/04/2023 |
Company: SC | iandesbottes | 09/04/2023 |
From Honister Slate Mine, over Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable and Great Gable, Back by lower path to Honister Mine. Great views particularly down Ennerdale and Buttermere. With Ben. | Victor | 03/04/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 49: (Green Gable, Brandreth, Grey Knotts & Base Brown) | DavidHiner | 15/03/2023 |
Honister Pass to Great Gable. W/TH & Teddy. | Sedge | 01/03/2023 |
Big loop up from Seathawaite Farm, 6 new Ws (9 total). | atreides7887 | 25/02/2023 |
Challenging weather solo day (hail, horiz rain, 60mph+ wind). Boggy in places and most paths raging torrents by the end of the day. 
 
Parked at Honister slate mine and did Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Base Brown. Very, very windy over both Gables | Winter Round | 08/11/2022 |
Parked at Honister Pass NT car park (£8:50 coins needed - note Slate mine offer all day parking for £5). SIMMS on Nuttall 3.1. Brandreth -> Base Brown -> Green Gable -> Great Gable -> Kirk Fell East Top -> Kirk Fell ->Fleetwith Pike | Peter_W_Mitchell | 22/07/2022 |
Part of a wander to Great Gable. | munkyennui | 18/06/2022 |
From Seatoller. 
13 km, 1000 m asc. 
Up the old toll road to Honister Hause and up by the fence to Grey Knotts summit, on to Brandreth summit cairns and S to Green Gable summit. Drop to Windy Gap and up to Great Gable summit. Back down to Windy Gap, over Green Gable and down the NE ridge to Base Brown summit. Continue NE down the nose and mess about finding a good route NW below the Hanging Stone to join the stony Gillercomb path to Seathwaite by Sourmilk Gill waterfalls and Seathwaite Slabs. To Seatoller by the road. 
Dry, mild, unusually quiet - where is everyone? Platinum Jubilee! 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720299661696 | SalmonJoe | 05/06/2022 |
From Seatoller. Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Fleetwith Pike and Honister Pike. 16k 3000ft elevation. Lovely warm day. | nell1583 | 14/05/2022 |
GL3D - day 2 | andy.painter | 01/05/2022 |
Completed as part of route from Keswick to buttermere on the great Lakeland 3 dayer | emily | 30/04/2022 |
Wedding anniversary walk with Becks. | DaveT | 29/04/2022 |
R K | Richard Tait | 19/04/2022 |
From Honister, lovely day. | hils | 27/03/2022 |
Bob & Duke | DukeNukem | 23/03/2022 |
2 of 5 on 6 mile hike starting at honister slate mine car park. Bit too easy to be considered a wainwright after the hard work of grey knotts. Wainwright no. 74 | The-Z-Man | 24/02/2022 |
Laura and Jay from Grey knotts | Lauralj84 | 01/12/2021 |
RRPTH | Richard Tait | 25/10/2021 |
12km circuit from Seathwaite in 5.5hrs. Base brown, green gable, great gable, brandreth, grey knotts | Nicky C | 12/10/2021 |
Alone, along ridge from Grey Knotts. Continuing on to Green & Great Gables. Mild & dry but misty on summits. | Gazza1951 | 11/10/2021 |
Climbed from Borrowdale along with other peaks, great views over Haystacks & Buttermere, climbed with PD | Tor worth it | 01/09/2021 |
Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Seavy Knott, Haystacks SE Top, Innominate Peak, Haystacks - wild camp at Blackbeck Tarn - Green Crag, Great Round How, Little Round How. | lindslow | 07/08/2021 |
Ennerdale wild camp day 2 | MrChris1980 | 13/07/2021 |
With Keith as part of Saunders Mountain Marathon. | christine99 | 04/07/2021 |
11.1 mile walk from Honister Pass. Followed good path towards Green Gable with a brief diversion onto Brandreth's Summit then followed path onto Green Gable, then followed horrible scree-covered path down to Windy Gap col. From here ascending Great Gable over rocks and boulders to summit. Had the top to ourselves, it was only about 9.30am though. From Great Gable we descended path back to Windy Gap and followed Moses's Trod towards Haystacks following trail near Seavey Knott to summit. From summit we followed main path by Little Round How and then followed hard-to-find trail onto Fleetwith Pike, descending back to Honister and car. 1186m ascent. Clear with high cloud cover, amazing views. Saw quite a lot of people on Haystacks, not many others elsewhere! | DanTrig | 15/06/2021 |
Parked the night on Wed 19th in Honister slate mines car park. As grim rainy forecast blowing in from noon-ish, hyper early start at 5.30. Even at my slow pace reckoned is get round a triangle of Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks 'n Brandreth in about 6 hours. Rains arrived early about 10.30. Got well soaked in the last hour. | vegibagger | 20/05/2021 |
with Elizabeth. | Cumbrianexile | 19/05/2021 |
Ridge walk from ‘Grey Knotts’. Cool, clear and part sun. | markm | 29/04/2021 |
Honister - Grey Knott - Brandreth - Green Gable and return by Moses' Trod. | milimana | 26/04/2021 |
Honister Hause > Grey Knotts > Brandreth > Base Brown > Green Gable > Windy Gap > Moses' Trod > Old Tramway > Honister Hause. Just me and H and not many others seen. Dry Day with quite a bit of high cloud, cold wind on the higher ground but feeling warm when sheltered lower down. Ground really quite dry. | johnkaysleftleg | 21/04/2021 |
HardenC | 19/09/2020 | |
From layby at Honister Pass to Scoat Tarn via tops. With Ben. | axoree | 30/07/2020 |
Round of fleetwith, Brandreth, and grey knots. | Mountainhikes | 29/07/2020 |