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Name:Broom Fell
Hill number:2480
Height:510.2m / 1674ft
Parent (Ma):2345  Lord's Seat
RHB Section:34A: Lake District - Northern Fells
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - North Western Fells
County/UA:Cumberland
Catchment:Derwent (Workington)
Class:Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Subdodd
(W,B,Sy,Fel,s5)
Grid ref:NY 19544 27051
Summit feature:no feature: heather
Drop:28.9m
Col:481.4m  NY 2000 2691  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89 90
(1:25k) OL4S
Observations:Wainwright summit cairn is 170m NW at NY 19444 27191 and is 0.9m lower
Survey:Abney level
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From Powter How, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom fell then back through Whinlatter forest. Cold mainly dry day, very windy on the tops. With K.sebastiencale29/12/2023
Brown How, Whinlatter, Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Graystones, Kirk FellBarns15027/12/2023
Dubwath to Braithwaite via 6 Birketts & 2 (repeat) WainwrightsAjm031011/12/2023
My fifth round of the Lord's Seat Group from Whinlatter to Wythop Mill, this time with Chris. Visited Whinlatter Top, Whinlatter Brown How, Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Graystones (both summits), Ling Fell, Rivings, and Sale Fell. 20km with 1030m ascent taking 7h20m. Lovely autumn colours and great views across the Solway into Scotland. Glad we did not do Skiddaw, our original choice, as it was stubbornly in cloud all day.silverwolf_alan03/11/2023
The shelter gets busy when the wind is blowing a hooley, as Boo and I found outAlphaville19929/09/2023
solo walk (with Jess)jonsutterby7123/09/2023
Solo from Powter How CP. Barf, Lords Seat and Broom Fell, then back the way I came. 3h35m.ADT16/09/2023
The Lords Seat Fells. Whinlatter, Barf, Lords Seat, Broom Fell & Graystones.sms.3709/09/2023
R Richard Tait29/08/2023
Barf - Lords Seat - Broom Fell -Graystones - Whinlatterbenarbia no 324/08/2023
A showery day on the Lord's Seat group from the Hobcarton car park for my fourth round of Wainwrights. Visited Whinlatter (both summits), Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Kirk Fell, Graystones (both summits). 18km with 880m ascent, taking 5.5 hours.silverwolf_alan13/08/2023
TC, EC. Via ridge route from Graystones.TopCat195930/07/2023
From Spout Force CP. 11 km, 550 m asc. Up by the Darling How track, across Aitken Beck and N up the wall to Broom Fell. SE and S to Lord's Seat, Ullister Hill, Seat Howe and Tarberrel Moss. Dry, windy. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310109931SalmonJoe29/07/2023
Along path from Graystones.peter4lc22/06/2023
Today myself and Alma Aurea headed to Powter Howe for a circular walk taking in six Wainwright's - Sale Fell, Ling Fell, Graystones, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat and Barf, plus a couple of nearby summits. The weather was very warm and humid but from the forecast it looked like this area should stay clear of any thunderstorms or showers, which it did. However, despite the lower summit heights, the hills are relatively independent and quite steep it turned out to be quite a long day with some hot steep ascents! The walk took about 7.5 hours to cover the 15 mile route. /Dmeltdiceburg11/06/2023
Walked from Whinlatter Forest visitor center.Wandelaar06/06/2023
Walked with Raymond and his group from Head for the Hills. Graystones, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat, Barf and Whinlatter. Drizzle most of the day and only intermittent views unfortunately. Lovely group.River-Girl01/05/2023
Wainwright Walk 61: Spider (Lord's Seat, Whinlatter, Broom Fell, Barf & Graystones)DavidHiner16/04/2023
Day 2 of a big weekend of BGR recce/training, but left the BGR on one side today to explore the Lorton & Wythop fells, starting from Powter How with Barf and going anti-clockwise. Bottled out of Whinlatter as the drizzle got heavier, but it cleared whilst taking in Ullister Hill & Seat How. A grand day out, with plenty of grassy running & a decent amount of bog for Hazel to dash about in.NumptyDumpty05/03/2023
Solo Ascent from Darling How Plantation, Whinlatter via Forest Track by Aiken Beck to attain ridge just below Lord's Seat. Continued on ridge to Broom Fell, Broom Fell Wainwright Summit Cairn, Widow Hause, Graystones (Birkett) and Graystones (Wainwright) with steep descent to Scawgill Bridge. 7.40 miles with 613m of ascent in 3hrs:55mins elpased time with 3hrs:12 mins moving time and 0hrs:43 stopped time. Cold, clear and sunny with excellent visibility clouding over a little in afternoon.pwhitaker_196623/02/2023
From Whinlatter Force car park - Graystones - Ling Fell-Sales Fell-Broom Fell - Lords Seat-Barf-Whinlatter. Some tough and very boggy going in places, particularly between Ling Fell and Broom Fell, and traversing round Lord's Seat to WhinlatterRockdoctor12/02/2023
Parked ar Spout Force car park. Straight up Graystones (very steep!), out and back to Kirk Fell, them Btoom Fell and Lords Seat, down by Aiken Beck.Clive G23/01/2023
Cold, solo winter's day up Barf, Lord Seat, Broom Hill and GreystonesWinter Round15/01/2023
From Spout Force CP, Whinlatter. 10.5 km, 490 m asc. E along the main (Aiken Beck) forest track and NE to Lord's Seat summit. W over Broom Fell summit and the Wainwright summit cairn and continuing over Widow Hause summit to Graystones Wainwright summit and Birkett summit. Steep down the S wall to join the Darling How track looping back to the car park. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304865290SalmonJoe31/12/2022
Grateful for the shelter on top as the wind was really howling at this point. Cheese and pickle sandwiches on the top. With GFE post parkrun. Very wet.Fionalevey05/11/2022
Graystones (Birkett) Graystones (Wainwright) Widow Hause, Broom Fell. Steep walk up from Spout force waterfall with Carl. 4 miles 1510ft elevation.nell158320/10/2022
Whinlatter roundemily19/09/2022
Veryhappybunny15/09/2022
Whinlatter Visitor Centre - Lords Seat - Broom Fell - Lord's Seat - WVC. With all the family.Ham and Skate24/08/2022
With Greystones, Barf and Lord's SeatChopperbrown18/08/2022
Aiken Beck Horseshoe with Matt and Anna.djc3606/08/2022
Repeat ascent. Spout Force CP, Brown How, Whinlatter Top, Tarbarrel Moss, Seat How, Ullister Hill, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Graystones (Wainwright), Kirk Fell, Graystones (Birkett), Scawgill Bridge, Spout Force CP. A beautiful day.vuirich09/07/2022
Nice 7W loop from Whinlatter Forest.atreides788719/06/2022
Veryhappybunny07/06/2022
From Whinlatter visitor centre using green route through the forest, visited both tops. With D.webmaster14/05/2022
Spout Force Car Park -> Lords Seat -> Broom Fell -> Graystones -> Spout Force Car Parkmikethomas07/05/2022
Circular walk from bridge 9 topsholtsd17/04/2022
From Spout Force Car Park. Graystones (Both Summits), Kirk Fell, Widow Hause, Broom Fell and Lords Seat with CBRWG16/01/2022
An eight summit 3hr round in the mist from the Visitor Centre using a mix of forestry roads, bike tracks, footpaths and muddy trails. In order of ascent - Tarbarrel Moss, Whinlatter Top, Brown How, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Barf, Ullister Hill, Seat How.summitter14/01/2022
Darling How - Graystones - Graystones (Wainwright) - Widow Hause - Broom Fell - Lord's Seat - Aiken Beck - Darling How.Mark Jackson30/12/2021
Following an overnight stay at Lizzies. Pete and I walked up Barf, then Lords Seat then Broom Hill. Lizzie stayed at home as her family were visiting.River-Girl13/11/2021
With Jo and erniestuduncan13/08/2021
Stuart Marshals route 28. Graystones, Ling Fell, Sale Fell, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat, Barf & Whinlatter.Stuart Percival03/08/2021
Circuit from Whinlatter Forest main carpark. Whinlatter Top -> Brown How -> Graystones (Birkett top) -> Graystones (Wainwright top) -> Widow Hause -> Broom Fell -> Lord's Seat -> Barf -> Ullister Hill -> Seat How. Dry with good views until Broom Fell. Then low cloud and drizzle for the rest of the walk. Visited Wainwright summit cairn at NY 19444 27291 and true summit at NY 19544 27051.alistairpooler31/07/2021
Done as a loop with Lords Seat https://strava.app.link/PH2JwSPRHpblivvips17/07/2021
With louise, val, John & Mizzi2510chris30/06/2021
Need to drop around 250ft from Graystones before the easy climb to Broom Fell summit.philip_firth29/06/2021
Graystones > Broom Fell > Lord's Seat > BarfDelta6826/06/2021
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/398322447outlawcatcher21/06/2021
From Spout force car park Lords Seat (bypassed summit) Broom Fell - Widow Hause - Greystones (1) - Kirk Fell - Greystones (2) with Julia Boris and the Bobster.ytfckent19/06/2021