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Name: | Flat Fell |
Hill number: | 2512 |
Height: | 272m / 892ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2368 Pillar |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Calder & Ehen |
Class: | Tump (200-299m), Wainwright Outlying Fell (Tu,2,WO) |
Grid ref: | NY 05250 13717 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 74m |
Col: | 198m NY055140 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 (1:25k) OL4S 303 |
Observations: | ground 5m SE is as high |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Wainwright's sketch shows the 265m spot at NY051138 from the First Series survey, but this does not appear to correspond to any topographical feature |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 261 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked end of Nannycatch road. Followed the path to the end of the wall then up onto the open fell follow the path to the top, small cairn. Descended Southwest then South down steep ground to the path. Continue to Grid 0538-1271 to take in Dent(long barrow) and Dent, pick up the path up the side of the fell. Continue to the wall and gate, Now pick up the forestry track up through open woodland to the next gate. Go on to the open fellside and up on to the top, Large cairn carry on to the next cairn or Dent,follow the fence North down beside the forest and head for the gate in the middle of the field then back to the forest fence, cross the fence at 0402-1359 picking up a path down through the forest to the CP. | smocks and denims | 26/03/2024 |
Stopped for a Starbucks on the way and made our way to the furthest OL left to do. Parked at a layby on Nannycatch Road. made our way straight up. very simple and nice Cairn at the top. made our way down the steep slope to Nannycatch Beck. Bec fell and cut her hand quite bad | Scotty 2 Hotty | 24/02/2024 |
yorkielad | 16/10/2023 | |
Easy walk from stone circle to east. | chriswatson | 20/06/2023 |
From Longlands Lake country park - Dent, Dent long barrow, flat fell. With Brenda, Sylvia and Boris | ytfckent | 28/01/2023 |
Wath Bridge - Dent - Long Barrow - Nannycatch Gate - Flat Fell. Paths and footbridges near Nannycatch Gate under water after heavy rain. | squeegs | 22/09/2022 |
With AR | VIPete28 | 14/07/2022 |
Parked at the Blakeney Moss stone circle . Circular route over Flat Fell to Dent Fell down to Nannygate Beck and back | RowanP | 25/04/2022 |
1 of 10 on 14 mile hike starting at lay-by near the river in cleator moor. As the lane turned into byway straight up and to the top. Love it round here. It feels very remote comparative to the central fells. WO no. 2 | The-Z-Man | 25/02/2022 |
With Carol. From lay-by by Wath Bridge, Cleator Moor. Ascent via Nannycatch Road. Reached first cairn, then headed east to second cairn. Route off top is steep, amongst the bracken with no obvious track, so headed south-west descending to the track at a gentler gradient (but still in bracken). Moved on to Dent. Overall - 3 hrs 50 mins and approx. 6.5 miles. | DABT | 16/08/2021 |
with Andy from Nannycatch rd | colinfielding | 22/06/2021 |
Parked at end of Nannycatch Rd in CP and followed paths upto the top. Good views of the Western Fells. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 22/06/2021 |
Came down a lovely forest path from Dent then up here on Access Land to the summit cairn. Steep descent to Nannycatch. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 18/06/2021 |
From Stakes Bridge: Dent (Long Barrow), Dent (Wainwright Outlier) and Flat Fell. Beautiful day to finish the Wainwright Outliers. | Lazylizzie | 02/05/2021 |
Circuit of Flat Fell and Dent as per West Lakeland Short Walks No.30 - cold and breezy and clear views. | milimana | 28/04/2021 |
Club run | DinoF | 27/10/2020 |
CW circuit of Flat Fell and, via Nannycatch Gate, the Marilyn and Wainwright summits of Dent from Nannycatch Road. | Nick Down1 | 21/10/2020 |
Together with Dent. Solo | outlyingfells20 | 07/07/2020 |
Parked at the top of Nannycatch road, up through the trees to Dent and round by Nannycatch Gate onto Flat Fell and back to car park. | Chipstertrain | 06/07/2020 |
From road through Lowther Park to river and on to Nanycatch Gate. Ascent of Flat Fell. Descent to Nannycatch Road, and ascent of Dent through Udale Plantation. Return to car via Udale Farm and forest track through Lowther Park. | raymooremanx | 16/11/2019 |
Parked at Nannycatch Road car park then easily to top | climbingkershaw | 18/08/2019 |
From Cold Fell Road. Flat fell, Long Barrow, Dent | Slash3 | 21/07/2019 |
From Nannycatch Road. Vert windy. With LP. | wombourne | 03/06/2019 |
Short diversion off Coast to Coast. | PGCE | 25/04/2019 |
Flat Fell and Dent (both summits) from Kinniside Stone Circle, returning up the enchanting Nannycatch. 8.5km in just over 2 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 31/03/2019 |
Straight up and down from road adjacent nanycatch beck.Never saw a thing total clag. | jocks1 | 28/12/2018 |
From wath brow onto Dent | Longwojo | 22/12/2018 |
AW's outliers last of two from the roadside parking area in cleater moor by the river, first took in Dent. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 16/09/2018 |
solo run with Flat Fell. just over an hour for 10k route, in really hot weather. a great run in its own right,from Wath Bridge. | Shutterlag | 06/07/2018 |
with Dent | Jephcote83 | 25/03/2018 |
From car park at end of Nannycatch Road via Dent summits. | Winterfloodian | 26/02/2018 |
From Nannycatch gate with wife, 5 & 3yo. Still patchy snow but not a breath of wind at the summit. That's a few more Christmas cobwebs gone! | nukeboy1 | 20/01/2018 |
SR from layby at the river, then onto Dent, Longbarrow. | Frank | 10/11/2017 |
Flat Fell & Dent circuit from Cleator Moor | Ajm0310 | 07/11/2017 |
With: hb sb; from CP at end of Nannycatch Rd, used the upper forest permissive path (because the lower one was closed) to reach edge of Forest then a short walk to Dent summit and Wainwright top. Descended by Raven Crag to climb Flat Fell on return. | Ian Baines | 31/10/2017 |
With: ib sb; from CP at end of Nannycatch Rd, used the upper forest permissive path (because the lower one was closed) to reach edge of Forest then a short walk to Dent summit and Wainwright top. Descended by Raven Crag to climb Flat Fell on return. | Helen Baines | 31/10/2017 |
Walked from Nannycatch Road on my own.Damp after a morning's rain but quite warm. | flockwatcher | 05/09/2017 |
WOs 49,50 and 51. Bs 49,50 and 51. From base at Gosforth drove first to Cold Fell and up and down by Ws route. Then did Swarth Fell and Burn Edge from a bit further along the road. Parked next at sharp right bend where track goes off to the east just below Blakeley Raise and quickly up and down. Finally down track and steep hillside through pathless shoulder high bracken to Nannycatch Gate and up incredibly steep grass slope onto Dent, easy forest track down to below Flat Fell and over it back to the road and the car - exhausting but dry and good views. | BURGESS | 29/07/2017 |
From the car park at the top of Nannycatch Lane, on to Dent | bardolph | 19/07/2017 |
From end of Nannycatch Rd. RoW initially then direct to top. On to the 2 Dents, via E end of Raven Crag for a short round. | jonglew | 05/03/2017 |
From 271 on road to east, along footpath to sheepfold then south to summit. Headed off south west to corner of plantation. Approx 5 degrees C but frost in sheltered spots. Overcast and still. On to Dent. Toiled up the spongy slopes to the forest, past a tree decorated for Christmas and on to the Marilyn summit. Had meant to climb the Wainwright but realised I'd climbed it before from the other side. Good view of major fells looking more like the highlands in Spring than the Lakes in Autumn. Navigational error on return brought me out at top of Lowther Park but enjoyed the forest walk. | Wycombe Wanderer | 05/12/2016 |
Done with Richard Turner whilst spending 2 nights at the Buttermere YHA, weather much improved since the start of the day. | falunty | 18/10/2016 |
Done with Richard Turner whilst spending 2 nights at the Buttermere YHA, weather much improved since the start of the day. | nitranrenrut | 18/10/2016 |
Nannycatch Road car park. Followed the path until SW of the summit and then directly to it. With GB. | bolton | 07/09/2016 |
Car park at top of Nannycatch Road (041139) - SE along track to track junction & then due E. up grassy slopes to pick up good path to summit. (PM) | gerrybowes | 07/09/2016 |
From Forestry Comm CP at 041,139. Both Dent summits via Forest tracks, then down over Raven Crag and up steep SE ridge of Flat Fell. Nice round - just under 2 hours. | Crib Goch | 04/06/2016 |
Pleasant walk from our holiday cottage...surprised to find a large cairn on the grassy summit...even more surprised to meet a group of walkers. | steven ruffles | 26/05/2016 |
With Sam. Round of Dent and Nannycatch. 
Nice day. | iredale | 21/05/2016 |
After the five Birketts across the way. Echo Colin Crawford's sentiments re Nannycatch Beck. | ngthack | 06/01/2016 |
KeithByTheC | 31/12/2015 |