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Name: | Great Bank |
Hill number: | 3806 |
Height: | 329m / 1079ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2454 Illgill Head |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (South) |
Class: | Birkett, Synge (B,Sy) |
Grid ref: | NY 14395 01939 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 13m |
Col: | 316m NY145021 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 (1:25k) OL6N |
Observations: | ground 12m NE at NY14402 01951 is lower and ground 10m SW at NY 14387 01931 is probably lower |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 188 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
GuyF | 04/04/3806 | |
ALHEJ Wilkins | 23/12/2023 | |
Ever Onward | 08/11/2023 | |
Scott Morley 86 | 01/11/2023 | |
w/ Jack, Jonny and Danny on a mega synge bagging expedition | wcroasdell | 13/08/2023 |
Brianh909 | 10/08/2023 | |
From Miterdale Forest. 
15 km, 730 m asc. 
NE to Low Place and up the Brat's Hill Stone Circles and Boat How. Over Burnmoor Tarn outflow to join the path to Illgill Head and Whin Rigg. 
Over Irton Fell and rough going to Great Bank (30 mins to do the 150 m distance to the top and back) 
Back s by Miterdale Forest. Goldcrest flock. Peacock, Comma and Red Admiral. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310321716 | SalmonJoe | 06/08/2023 |
RobB | 05/07/2023 | |
nigelcmason2 | 09/06/2023 | |
needanewdog | 05/10/2022 | |
Michael Hood | 23/09/2022 | |
3 of 6 starting in cinderdale car park. After irton pike. A fine misty rain started on the way up here and didn’t stop for the rest of the day | The-Z-Man | 18/08/2022 |
Em's 2nd round | 07/08/2022 | |
Si's 2nd round | 07/08/2022 | |
adriancowl | 16/07/2022 | |
ac22 | 16/07/2022 | |
From Nether Wasdale lovely day | jocks1 | 31/05/2022 |
jef | 02/03/2022 | |
Initially up Irton Pike, having parked in the old quarry below. Then along the ridge to Irton Fell, then taking a cross country route to Great Bank. Descent from here along the forest road (much damage from Storm Arwen), and back along the tarmac road, taking a short detour over the gate to the top of Plumgarth Hill on the way to the quarry car park. 10km with 460m ascent in 3 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 15/02/2022 |
iainwalton | 24/01/2022 | |
Circular walk from Dalegarth Campsite with the kids | thecoopers | 01/09/2021 |
JohnG888 | 12/07/2021 | |
pedalgrunt | 30/05/2021 | |
Parked between Cinderdale and Forest Bridges on grass. Went up Latterbarrow (201m) first. Hot and dry. A revisit on a very leisurely Round 2 of The Birketts. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 25/04/2021 |
mart0797 | 24/04/2021 | |
Irton Fell and Great Bank | tomd4 | 26/10/2020 |
conanharrod | 15/10/2020 | |
From Eskdale Green by the toilets, up track past Japanese Gardens woodland, curving North West to cross the Miterdale Road, then up crossing three forest tracks using same bridleway all the way to near the final slopes of Irton Fell. At this point head North East along the highest bit of forest track, this takes you all the ay to a gate 200 metres from the summit. Use the faint path to the Knoll as described by others, then curve up to the summit with some wobbly tussock grass but take it slowly and you are soon safely there. About 1.5 hours total. | nickywood1 | 13/10/2020 |
Sham Sharrock | 27/09/2020 | |
nigelcmason | 19/09/2020 | |
amblemark | 11/08/2020 | |
ALHEJ Wilkins | 07/06/2020 | |
Merchant | 19/01/2020 | |
Birkett 3 with Pete | Dave Geere | 20/10/2019 |
pedro1 | 20/10/2019 | |
Littledave | 09/10/2019 | |
Jacqdaw | 18/09/2019 | |
Hillsidenick | 18/09/2019 | |
OLIVERS | 17/08/2019 | |
My last Birkett with Roxy | DARRENG | 07/07/2019 |
From Eskdale Green through Miterdale Forest. | citygent | 18/05/2019 |
Nick Canute | 15/05/2019 | |
With Tali, wet and windy. Done the top many times but keep forgetting to log. | Mountain Goat | 02/03/2019 |
ALHEJ Wilkins | 30/12/2018 | |
Fell3wilki | 30/12/2018 | |
siabod | 22/10/2018 | |
davefh | 20/09/2018 | |
Obstacle-free route - from path/forest track junction at NY 13745 01800, gravel forest road has been extended to just E of wall at NY 14045 02075, from where felling/extraction vehicle has made a rough track, through wall at NY 14337 02085, and up to rock-studded knoll at NY 14480 02070, where there is a faint fork. 50 m of easy brashings, leaves 150 m of 'post-holing' in deep tussocks to top - low level ruined wall just before top has several easy crossing places. All on FC land, whereas route Southwards along E side of wall from the Irton Pike - Whin Rigg ridge is on neither FC nor NT land and fence in S 'corner' has been renewed. | Isbjorn | 12/09/2018 |
timus | 23/08/2018 | |
CraigDring | 31/05/2018 |