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| Name: | Orrest Head |
| Hill number: | 2690 |
| Height: | 238m / 781ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
| RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m), Wainwright Outlying Fell (Tu,2,WO) |
| Grid ref: | SD 41424 99359 |
| Summit feature: | rock 1m NNE of stone seat |
| Drop: | 68m |
| Col: | 170m SD416998  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 97 (1:25k) OL7N |
| Observations: | recent view indicator is about 30m W of summit and is lower |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 562 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From roadside parking on A591, through gate & up permissive path through woods to top. soft underfoot from overnight rain, good views & dry. | apricorum | 19/03/2024 |
| Windermere-Orrest Head-Ambleside YH | campagvelocet | 23/01/2024 |
| From Southup waymarked trail which is suitable for prams. The red variant has steep steps. Popular viewpoint with many picknicking on benchs | cjo | 14/01/2024 |
| IOG Walk from Windermere to Ambleside. IOG Ambleside Trip Nov-23. | dancingqueen101 | 12/11/2023 |
| Wander with the family. | munkyennui | 29/10/2023 |
| Well, that's it. All 2392 Northern hills completed. Every hill in Northumberland, Cumbria, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Cheshire (east and west) and North Lincolnshire now summited | moorsman | 22/10/2023 |
| Joined my Grandad (Moorsman) to celebrate his final northern hill. He has now reached every top in Cumberland, Weatmoreland, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, East Cheshire, West Cheshire and North Lincolnshire .... all 2392 hills! | Mollyb | 22/10/2023 |
| Joined my Grandad (Moorsman) to celebrate his final northern hill. He has now reached every top in Cumberland, Weatmoreland, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, East Cheshire, West Cheshire and North Lincolnshire .... all 2392 hills! | Williamr | 22/10/2023 |
| Whilst completing The LAP race around Windermere. | Wheelsy | 09/09/2023 |
| Bus from Kendal to Windermere then a round of Orrest Head, School Knott, Grandsire, School Knott other summit, Brant Fell. | Longwojo | 04/08/2023 |
| From Windermere, descent via Far Orrest Farm to Troutbeck. | deknyff | 21/07/2023 |
| With U3A shorter group | ScaSey | 10/07/2023 |
| From the lay-by on the A 591 close to Windermere Railway Station at SD 41457 98716 - free parking for 2 hours. Took the red trail through the woods up to the rocky summit, then the graded green trail down. With ALT. 3.4km, with 120m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 22/06/2023 |
| yorkielad | 20/05/2023 | |
| W/I. | Sedge | 23/09/2022 |
| return visit with PJB. Had forgotten what a superb viewpoint this is | trimarc2 | 05/08/2022 |
| With DTL, walked up excellent path from Windermere Station. Great views | r1 | 05/08/2022 |
| School Knott, Grandsire, Orrest head | philz008 | 18/06/2022 |
| From Windermere. Up via permissive paths from A591 to the south. Back on RoWs, initially north to permissive path through High Hay Wood. Then south on RoW. | KeithByTheC | 15/06/2022 |
| A fine and popular viewpoint. Then went on to School Knott etc. | hillsman | 07/06/2022 |
| Parking on A591 near railway station. Followed well marked path. Rainy. With Felix. Views limited due to weather, but a nice spot. | RoguePulsar | 30/04/2022 |
| Crossed a road to a path, went up the path for a bit to some stones with writing on next to a gate, went through gate to the top, could see Windemere. Went with Dad. | speedyclimber | 30/04/2022 |
| Final morning of holiday, quite busy today. | berksbantam | 15/04/2022 |
| 1/8 All repeats Orrest Head, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornythwaite Beacon, Stony Cove Pike, Caudale Moor, St Raven's Edge (Ian also did Sour Howes and Sallows) all recce walk for LDWA 50 Wainrights in 5 Days for 50th Anniversary of LDWA we are leading in May and June 2022. hillwalker@ldwa.org.uk if you fancy a day out with us all. | nickywood1 | 25/03/2022 |
| 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) Good to finally visit Orrest Head, AW's starting point in his Lakeland adventure, which in turn fired my own enthusiasm for fellwalking. | silveracorn_alan | 17/02/2022 |
| With Jo and ernie | studuncan | 23/01/2022 |
| On a bagging walk round Windermere: Orrest Head, Banner Rigg, Grandsire, School Knott, Heathwaite Hill and Brant Fell | PhilipChaston | 03/12/2021 |
| Parked on road, just W of train station - 1 hour limit. Easy walk to summit. | PGCE | 17/11/2021 |
| Re-visit this time with Ivy. After a rainy morning in Keswick getting some new boots the weather cleared as we were coming past so decided to nip up. Glad we did as the views from the top were lovely and the sun even decided to come out. | Jephcote83 | 30/10/2021 |
| Walked up through Common wood up to the viewpoint, walked back down via the new trail. | Delta68 | 23/10/2021 |
| G | Idris | 06/10/2021 |
| Justifiably popular viewpoint with easy access. Benches and Wainright society topograph. Two ? old trigs carved horizontally into slab by summit. Approached from N after banner Rigg and before walking back to car at Troutbeck. | Denise | 05/09/2021 |
| Field path from the N. Fine summit with impressive circular steel bench from which to enjoy the panoramic if today hazy view. High point is rock slab by a stone bench and has two carved trig arrows? | RichardM | 05/09/2021 |
| after dropping Abbey at station | maltloaf | 20/08/2021 |
| With Corrina, stopping off on drive back from Scotland | fnem | 04/08/2021 |
| Running with GFE before work (5k loop) and finishing with coffee at the new Banilla | Fionalevey | 03/08/2021 |
| With Jo, revisit whilst visiting Windermere. Weather; overcast, warm, moderate views. | amblerbob | 09/07/2021 |
| Stopped off in Windermere - on way home from holiday in Ambleside with Halcyon group - specifically to climb this peak at long last! Completed in 50 minutes, including time to admire the view. | Peak Rambler | 09/07/2021 |
| Really easy laura and flo, just a simple 1 x | Lauralj84 | 01/07/2021 |
| First Wainwright! | andreaj1911 | 20/06/2021 |
| Ascent with Jayne from Holehird Gardens where there is free parking. 3.04m and 158m of ascent in 1hr:35mins with 1hr:13mins moving time | pwhitaker_1966 | 10/06/2021 |
| From Windermere | tomd4 | 26/04/2021 |
| From Rayrigg Meadows after a fab coffee and carrot cake muffin from Fellside coffee can. 5km loop - lots of snow on top. Hike up, run down. With GFE | Fionalevey | 16/01/2021 |
| With P&B from School Knott, through the community woodland, under the railway line. Lovely. | Karmakarl | 27/11/2020 |
| Up via the smithy, then North and back through High Hagg Wood | MountainTerrier | 04/10/2020 |
| Can see how this view made Alfred Wainwright fall in love with the Lakes. I think its cast it spell on me. | aliyahnan | 23/09/2020 |
| Parked at Causeway farm to the N. Delightful pasture: delightful weather, At least 30 others on the summit, mostly of whom had approached from the S | GordonAdshead | 15/09/2020 |
| With Zoe in rain - maybe 20th+ ascent worst weather. | davechaffey | 05/09/2020 |
| From lay-by near hotel. Very windy but good view from the top. Visited the summit, bench and view indicator | Jephcote83 | 22/02/2020 |
| 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 |