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Name:Kirkbank
Hill number:16149
Height:254m / 833ft
Parent (Ma):2665  Lambrigg Fell
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Kent, Catchment Boundaries, Lune
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:SD 61141 91392
Summit feature:no feature: grass
Drop:34m
Col:220m  SD608921  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 97
(1:25k) OL19S
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 41 users)ByDate of Ascent
From layby on Old Scotch Road at Killington Reservoir junction. Clear sky and frozen ground which was a good job as the mire in New Park would have been knee deep when thawed.cumbria mammoth15/01/2024
From A684 lay-by.Sedge31/05/2023
From one of the two laybys at the top of the pass.clivevilla17/05/2023
There are two opportune mini-laybys to the north at the start of the footpath close to spot height 218. Walk about 200m along the path and the summit hill comes into clear view. Make a bee-line across the rough fell and look for a fixed wooden gate into the open-access area. There is also a gap in the wall but this needs climbing and there is an electric fence at the other side. Far easier to scale the gate a few metres east.moorsman08/05/2023
As others except I got bus from Kendal and river kindly dropped me at layby. There is an electric fence the other side of the wall gap thankfully switched off. Walked out to the River Lune Bridge along horrible road, to catch bus back to Kendaltrimarc209/11/2022
Useful parking by start of footpath then used Martin's gap in the wall to reach the rougher summit areaColin Crawford09/10/2022
This hill is just within the boundary of the extended (2016) Yorkshire Dales NP which has acquired a chunk of Cumbria. Streams draining west off this tussocky lumpy terrain go into Lily Mere -which drains into Killington Lake (now known as an M6 service station but once the header reservoir for the now obsolete Lancaster and Kendal canal- a reflection on how modes of transport have changed ) Best to approach summit keeping close atop edge of escarpment unless tussocks are your thing in which case stay 50 metres back where you can also trip over brashings as well. Lovely warm spring day of 18 degrees! Beautiful views east over Sedbergh up Dentdale and the mighty Howgills above the quiet Lune Valley -spared both the M6 and the West Coast mainline railway- although both once considered to go through this valley.Chris Pearson25/03/2022
From oddly named road, Scotch Jeans. Useful breach in wall at SD 61160 91452Martin R05/01/2022
There is room to park in a layby on the A684, where the footpath starts. Path walk to the gate in the wall in heavy rain and then a struggle through wet overgrown tussocks in the open access area to the summit.JohnW25/08/2020
Solo from A684 lay-by, in front of brown “Western Dales” sign at SD 61461 91695. Kirkbank, Knotts & Firbank Fell. Best bit was Fox’s Pulpit.ADT09/08/2020
have only lived near this Tump for 35 yearsjef16/05/2020
3/4 Knotts, then Firbank Fell, both from parking beside the Fox's Pulpit Quaker preaching site (interesting) and then Kirkbank and Summerhouse Hill. Uninspiring hills on a drizzly day but gets them donenickywood104/01/2020
Layby N side A684 (SD 6145 9171). Once in the rough pasture took a direct line to the hill top. Very windy, heavy rain and getting dark - 2 more on the schedule.jonglew28/11/2018
After a tedious trudge across a snow covered boggy farmers field one arrives at an agreeable plot of CROW land wherein a couple of circular walks can be made. Summit can be accessed quite easily by paths through the wood,but which are not marked on the OS map. Good dog walk apart from initial farmers field. Done with Fenton.Chris Terrey 20/01/2018
Solo. Easy bag from road to North. Obvious summit. Access Land, so no trespassing!Dangerous Dave22/10/2017
Horrendously hard going alongside wood.ngthack10/10/2016
As per DG on warm summer's day.Lots of bracken on access land.Splendid views of Howgills.catman30/06/2015
From small layby on A684 to north at SD 61138 91812. Used public footpath for c200m then bee-line for summit. There is a gate/wooden fence at SD 61158 91455. No need to climb wall.David Gradwell17/04/2015
Dash out to complete this, easy from minor road to NE, layby parking and FP.nordicstar08/02/2015
Layby and gate to N. Footpath up broad green track to gate (saves climbing wall) then left alongside forest, boggy and tussocks. Rough grass summit.Aye Jimmy25/11/2014
Easy from layby to NE. Choice of Fence or half ruined wall to traverse before final bit.Alan Caine01/11/2014
Rough grass. Layby on main road to NE.RHW16/02/2014
A beeline from the double signposts on the A684 to the summit is feasible courtesy a well positioned gate in the wall below summit. Excellent parking.jimbloomer10/02/2014
Matt14/06/2023
David8411/04/2021
conanharrod01/02/2021
PeteF09/08/2020
DC11main28/01/2020
Rambling Ray16/08/2018
mae29/01/2017
Wycombe Wanderer04/12/2016
GaryJones16/07/2016
Lucky13/06/2016
maknipe13/06/2016
dickiewren06/05/2016
m0untain_n0mad26/10/2015
Edwin Gradwell17/04/2015
George Gradwell17/04/2015
peebs19/01/2015
GordonAdshead09/11/2014
Dave Geere04/05/2014