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| Name: | Grandsire |
| Hill number: | 2633 |
| Height: | 251m / 823ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Kent, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Ulverston) |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m), Wainwright Outlying Fell (Tu,2,WO) |
| Grid ref: | SD 43216 97279 |
| Summit feature: | cairn on rocky outcrop |
| Drop: | 78m |
| Col: | 173m SD437971  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL7N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 286 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| After a nightmare parking on a Sunday afternoon,at long last got up here after accidentally missing it out when on The Dales Way a few years ago. | Hirta | 04/02/2024 |
| From Dale's Way to the SW. Returned along ridge on well worn path through stile to rejoin Dale's Way. | mart0797 | 25/01/2024 |
| A round of School Knott, Grandsire, nameless School Knott and Cleabarrow Hill. | milimana | 25/10/2023 |
| Dales Way through Hag End then open access ascent to Grandsire. Path over to School Knott then ROWs until ENE of Heathwaite Hill. Helpfully a gate gives access into the steep adjacent field so easy walk to the woodland wall above. I surmounted it at its highest point and found the summit mound pretty quickly. Back onto ROWs towards nameless School Knott, heading over open ground once N of the summit. Over the stone dyke to Cleabarrow Hill then southerly descent to my camper parked below. | summitter | 08/10/2023 |
| From Golf course layby, a round of several hills. | cjo | 08/10/2023 |
| Bus from Kendal to Windermere then a round of Orrest Head, School Knott, Grandsire, School Knott other summit, Brant Fell. | Longwojo | 04/08/2023 |
| yorkielad | 20/05/2023 | |
| From School Knott. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 26/01/2023 |
| Parked by gate to SE. Up via wood, over wall, round false top, over another wall to summit. | Minto | 29/12/2022 |
| With Izzy and Margo. Walk 8 of AW's Outlying Fells. From School Knott. Enjoyable bimble in good weather with good views. Margo enjoyed a dip in the tarn. Onto nameless (School Knott), #3333. | James McKnight | 13/11/2022 |
| Parking to the east opposite the access road to Hag End. Walk west along the Dales Way to the gate onto the access land where a track leads easily up to the summit. | moorsman | 21/09/2022 |
| From Hag End to the east did a circuit of Grandsire, Aschool Knott, Heathwaite Hill, Nameless (School Knott) and Cleabarrow Hill. Lovely day and a pleasant walk. | clivevilla | 19/06/2022 |
| School Knott, Grandsire, Orrest head | philz008 | 18/06/2022 |
| From School Knott. Down to tarn outflow, then up easy slopes. | KeithByTheC | 14/06/2022 |
| After Orrest Head and School Knott and before Cleabarrow Hill from Windermere station | hillsman | 07/06/2022 |
| An adaptation of AW's Outlying Fells' Walks 7 + 8, visiting Healthwaite Hill, AW's nameless top (247m), over wall to Cleabarrow Hill, Grandsire, School Knott, and Orrest Head. A lovely 3 hour morning walk of 11km with 500m of ascent. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 17/02/2022 |
| Oodles of parking on grass at Hagg End SD 435970. W along public FP to Open Access area boundary sign at SD 432970. N to Grandsire, WSW to SW outlet of tarn, School Knott, back to tarn outlet, S to un-named top 247m, ENE back to Hagg End. Good connecting paths. | Isbjorn | 25/12/2021 |
| On a bagging walk round Windermere: Orrest Head, Banner Rigg, Grandsire, School Knott, Heathwaite Hill and Brant Fell | PhilipChaston | 03/12/2021 |
| Just passed the tarn we had a break at the wall. Bec and Myla had a hot chocolate and cream and i had some sticky toffee pudding rum to warm the cockles. from there it is a simple straight up to the summit and another cracking summit and amazing views thanks to the weather | Scotty 2 Hotty | 21/11/2021 |
| From Windermere | tomd4 | 26/04/2021 |
| Visited on a low level walk from Crookv | meltdiceburg | 07/04/2021 |
| From Rayrigg Meadows. 12.5km total loop inc WO 8 & 9 tops. Solo | Fionalevey | 06/02/2021 |
| Some Wainwright Outlying Fells on my 40th birthday. | Gary Heath | 03/11/2020 |
| Parked at SD419979. AW OF route, plus Cleabarrow Hill. With Adam. | JMDobb | 11/10/2020 |
| Second of three. After sailing at RWYC. | Adam Cowley | 11/10/2020 |
| Heathwaite hill, school knott, grandsire, nameless school knott, cleabarrow hill from parking at 42285 96172 | robertphillips | 08/10/2020 |
| From Windermere: Orrest Head. School Knott, Grandsire, Nameless (School Knott), Brant Fell. Windy day with the remnants of storm Dennis battering us. Excellent meal in the Eagle and Child at Staveley afterwards | Lazylizzie | 16/02/2020 |
| with ernie | studuncan | 07/01/2020 |
| Solo. Together with nameless School Knott; Brant Fell and nameless School Knott. Also did Orrest Head, same day but separately. Lovely sunny day after a lot of rain. | jonesj2 | 28/09/2019 |
| Together with Brant Fell; School Knott; (nameless School Knott) - plus Orrest Head separately. Solo | outlyingfells20 | 27/09/2019 |
| From Windermere, School Knott, Garandsire, Grandsire SW top and Brant Fell then returned to Windermere. | Walkingmurphy | 02/07/2019 |
| From St James’ Church, Staveley ascent of Reston Scar and on to Hugill Fell. Descent via Ravenscar Plantation to Kentmere Road and on to Browfoot Lane. From Browfoot ascent of Hugill Fell and on to Williamson’s Monument. Return to footpath on to High House, High Borrans and Borrans Lane. Follow road to The Common Farm and The Causeway Farm before ascent of Orrest Head. Descent through Common Wood to road, cross A591, and follow footpath south from Alice Howe. Cross railway line and skirt Heathwaite on to road past Heathwaite Manor before turning off to Matson Ground on Dales Way before ascent of Brant Fell. Return to road, on to B5284 via Windermere Golf Course and return to Dales Way. Ascent of School Knott, nameless peak (School Knott) and the Grandsire. Return to Dales Way and return to Staveley. | raymooremanx | 11/05/2019 |
| Climbed part of round from Droomer estate Windermere including School Knott, Grandsire, Wainwrights unamed summit and Brant Fell. Glorious weather and lovely walk. | Grasmoor | 20/04/2019 |
| Windermere - School Knott - Grandsire - Cleabarrow Hill - Nameless (School Knott) - Windermere. Lovely sunny day with time to spare before getting a bus. | PGCE | 17/04/2019 |
| School Knott, Grandsire & nameless (School Knott). 4m Circular, micro-spikes worked a treat on the frozen ground | Jephcote83 | 03/02/2019 |
| With Parlick | Shutterlag | 12/12/2018 |
| Grandsire, Cleabarrow Hill, School Knott, Orrest Head, Troutbeck Tongue, Baystones, Wansfell Pike | keithouk | 11/11/2018 |
| Walked up through Hag End Farm - PRoW, then deviated off the track over nice rocky pasture. | jonglew | 03/10/2018 |
| Did after School Knott | johnjennison | 30/09/2018 |
| Parked on Fairfield Road, through gate to School Knott path, then to Grandsire and the adjacent AW nameless summit, where the more Northerly of the two little rock castles beyond the forbidden wall is the likely highpoint, and separately recorded as Cleabarrow Hill. Returned by School Knott tarn. Scenic and very enjoyable. | Nick Down1 | 05/05/2018 |
| AW’s outliers fifth top of seven on a 15mile walk from Windermere first taking in Orrest head, Hugill fell, Reston scar, School knot then from Grandsire onto nameless (school knot) and Brant fell. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 15/04/2018 |
| Came on the train, down into town for breakfast, then School Knott, past the tarn and onto nameless (School Knott), then across to Grandsire and back to train station via a woodland path. | Chipstertrain | 03/04/2018 |
| With SR walking Dales Way from Staverly to Windermere via Crook Knott, Grandsire, Cleabarrow Hill, School Knott. | Frank | 24/03/2018 |
| from hag end did grandsire then onto school knott solo | colinfielding | 24/10/2017 |
| Hills easy to access from Dales Way | trimarc2 | 23/08/2017 |
| WOs72,73,74,75 and 76. Rain forecast for p.m. so made an early start. Started from where Dales Way leaves the lane at Hag end and followed good paths to School Knott with good views over Windermere and up Langdale. Then went up and back over Grandsire and finished up and back over Cleabarrow. Then quickly up and down Brant Fell from lane just to the east with curtain of rain out to the west. Finally up and down Orrest Head in very wet and windy conditions - absolutely foul and no view of lake. | BURGESS | 06/08/2017 |
| From cottage above Windermere, following Wainwright's route from the gated road - School Knott, Grandsire and nameless (School Knott). | janey.m | 26/07/2017 |
| Bowness circuit | Ajm0310 | 21/05/2017 |
| Small parking place at Outrun Nook. Ascended from the Dales Way. | JohnW | 10/02/2017 |
| See School Knott entry. | MorecambeMonkey | 09/11/2016 |