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Name:Whinlatter Top
Hill number:3563
Height:525m / 1722ft
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:Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Birkett, Synge
(Tu,5,Dew,B,Sy)
Grid ref:NY 19698 24903
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:58m
Col:467m  NY204249  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89 90
(1:25k) OL4S
Observations:higher than hill 3563 and surrounding knolls
Survey:Abney level
GPS data:show GPS entries for this hill
Notes:
  • 700m East of Wainwright's top

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From Whinlatter Visitors Centre with CBRWG06/01/2024
Brown How, Whinlatter, Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Graystones, Kirk FellBarns15027/12/2023
From the Whinlatter carpark.Trail markers were poor, but found gate 55 access point to the hillside, by going up to Gruffalo crossroads and turning left.Hirta05/11/2023
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
solo walk (with Jess)jonsutterby7123/09/2023
With LAA and JGCW23/09/2023
Barf - Lord’s Seat - Broom Fell -Graystones - Whinlatter- Whinlatter Top - descent to Whinlatter Visitor Centre and a cup of tea and a piece of cakebenarbia 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
included with leg 2 Frog recceDave Sargent01/07/2023
Walked from Whinlatter Forest visitor center.Wandelaar06/06/2023
With Tyler, Theo & Poppy. Whinlatter and Whinlatter Brown How - 3.6 miles 1200ft elevation.nell158303/06/2023
From Whinlatter visitor centre, visited both tops. With D.webmaster16/04/2023
Wainwright Walk 61: Spider (Lord's Seat, Whinlatter, Broom Fell, Barf & Graystones)DavidHiner16/04/2023
Solo ascent in morning from Whinlatter Visitor Centre via Forest Path to Gate wher left Jayne, Lisa and Summer. Carried on over ridge to Brown How. 3.42 miles with 246m of ascent in 1hr:33mins elapsed time with 1hr:15 mins moving time and Ohr:18mins stopped time. Dry, sunny spells and light winds. Returned to do same walk later in afternoon with Jayne, Lisa and Summer. Summer's first Wanwright.pwhitaker_196624/02/2023
small cairn in rough grass. Very windy, showery. From NE- small gate in forest boundary. Continued NW to Greystones.Denise 28/12/2022
From Whinlatter Forest Park. 5 km, 250 m asc. Start up the way-marked Green (Seat How) path and, on immerging from the trees, head W to the forest fence. N up the fence to join the ridge W over Whinlatter Top and on to Whinlatter - Brown How. Cold, clear, frozen. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304531649SalmonJoe17/12/2022
Veryhappybunny15/09/2022
Aiken Beck Horseshoe with Matt and Anna. Tricky fence to climb over and very steep accent.djc3606/08/2022
Barf, Lord's Seat, Whinlatter Top, Hobcarton End, Grisedale Pike, Kinnkeithouk31/07/2022
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
Circular walk from bridge 9 topsholtsd17/04/2022
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
From Whinlatter West TopJim T21/12/2021
Alone; from Pass. Dry but blustery.Gazza195108/11/2021
With Sarah Evans, showers. Parked at visitors centre, followed green trail until the point where we continue up to Lords Seat, along ridge line onto Broom Fell and onto Graystones. Went to various cairns as wasn't sure which was true summit. Descended via steep wall path down edge of Darling How Plantation, where felling and forestry work was occurring. Walked up road to Spout Force waterfall car park, following forest track to base of Whinlatter. Slight deviation from route getting onto Whinlatter as we lost the path, but re found it at the top, along ridge line and descended back into forest and to visitors centre. Managed to get back to visitors centre in time for cake and hot choc.Ruth Mackay04/10/2021
TC, EC. After battling illness (cold/fever) and with heavy rain forecast, we put our wet weather gear on and set off up Whinlatter. Weather turned out to be OK. Went to both tops - for the views.TopCat195927/09/2021
From Whinlatter forest centre with Mike. Then to Wainwright summit of Brown How.jd1601/09/2021
3/3 of further 3rd Round Wainwrights for the day. Whinlatter both summits from Whinlatter Pass, then on to Tarbarrel Moss and Ullister Hill, finally a new summit for me Seat How – a splendid viewpoint. A round trip of 10km with 400m ascent in 2½ hours.(S)silveracorn_alan27/08/2021
Ran with Jo and erniestuduncan11/08/2021
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.alistairpooler31/07/2021
Starting from Whinlatter Pass near the visitor centre entrance through Comb Plantation to Whinlatter Top then onto Brown How then back again.Delta6827/06/2021
From the visitor centre Whinlatter Top - Brown How - Back the same way. With Julia Boris and the Bobster.ytfckent22/06/2021
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/398322447outlawcatcher21/06/2021
Cold, windy, dreich a walk with lots motivation trying to get cobwebs out of my headvegibagger21/05/2021
Veryhappybunny22/03/2021
Veryhappybunny01/02/2021
Southern Lord's Seat Birketts Bagging TripDinoF30/01/2021
Very boggy.Debconlin11/12/2020
Veryhappybunny19/11/2020
Veryhappybunny03/11/2020
With Adam. Exceptionally windy.JMDobb31/10/2020
With Sue second Wainwright round from Darling How CP. Whinlatter, Top, Tarbarrel Moss, Lords Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Greystones return via steep decent to Scawgill. Cold, wet and hard hail stone.Frank09/10/2020
ANOTHER DRY AND CLEAR BUT OVERCAST AND WINDY DAY. BASICALLY FOLLOWED BIRKETT'S WALK LOS 2 BUT FOUND OWN WAY UP THROUGH FOREST (STEEP AND ROUGH) AND DOWN THROUGH FOREST (EASY AND GOOD TRACKS). UP ONTO BROWN HOW, WHINLATTER TOP (NEW), TARBARREL MOSS (NEW), SEAT HOW (NEW) VIA SIGNED CIRCUIT ON GOOD PATH, ULLISTER HILL (NEW), BOGGY TO LORD'S SEAT, BROOM FELL, GRAYSTONES (NEW), KIRK FELL (NEW) - A GOOD BUT TIRING DAY OUT! 6 NEW TOPS.BURGESS10/09/2020
https://www.strava.com/activities/3872822687 Walked up from Gruffalo statue in clag whilst kids and Sarah went to the parkSlowOl04/08/2020
Spout Force CP > Aitken Plantation > Whinlatter > Whinlatter Top > Tarbarrel Moss > Seat How > Ullister Hill > Barf > Lord's Seat > Broom Fell > Graystones (Birkett) > Graystones > Kirk Fell > Spout Force CP. Just me and H, plenty high clouds but the odd break of sunrise, a bit wet underfoot and quite windy to keep the Temperature down.johnkaysleftleg12/07/2020
From Scawgill Bridge. Graystones, Broom Fell, Barf, Whinlatter.PGCE11/06/2020
Usual route up from the roadside at Whinlatter Pass. With Alfie.Dangerous Dave21/01/2020
date estimatedfellstoby01/01/2020