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| Name: | Swarth Fell |
| Hill number: | 2729 |
| Height: | 681m / 2234ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2720 Wild Boar Fell |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EP02 Shunner-boar |
| SMC/RHB section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Lune |
| Watershed: | Morecambe Bay, St Bees Head to Ravenscar, Solway Firth |
| Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg) |
| Grid ref: | SD 75574 96666 |
| Summit feature: | embedded rock 15m W of cairn |
| Drop: | 76m |
| Col: | 605m SD753974  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL19S |
| Observations: | cairn is at SD 75592 96664; large boulder 45m W at SD 75532 96647 is 20cm lower |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 508 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Walking the Six Peaks Trail. Today from Garsdale station to Kirkby Stephen station. £4.90 for return rail fare. Swarth Fell Pike, Swarth Fell, Wild Boar Fell (both high points) and Little Fell. | ijpowell | 03/06/2024 |
| From the parking spot at The Thrang up to Wild Boar Fell,across to the east top,along the ridge to Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike and down to Aisgill Moor cottages.Hitched a lift back up the road to my car with a guy from Kirkby which was very welcome indeed in the heat. | ARM | 10/05/2024 |
| 7 of 10 from the Thrang. | robertphillips | 04/05/2024 |
| From Garsdale station. Had planned to go on to Wild Boar Fellbut the high winds made me cut the day short | trimarc2 | 02/05/2024 |
| If anything even wetter underfoot than Wild Boar Fell. Was planning to follow the Nuttalls route to Baugh Fell & Knoutberry Haw but there is no way across the river after heavy rain! | Donpeblo | 28/03/2024 |
| Aisgill Cottages - Hanging Lund - Little Fell - Yoadcomb Scar - Wild Boar Fell trig - Swath Fell- Swarth Fell Pike - Tup Hole - Brunt. Cloudy & breezy but clear. 16.3km 3hrs 46. Mobbed by lapwings, curlew, snipe chicks, excellent | John Eley | 07/06/2023 |
| Circuit of Wild Boar Fell tops and Swarth Fell tops from Cotegill Bridge, reasonably dry underfoot, on a cool but not too windy day. | milimana | 11/10/2022 |
| From Aisgill via Wild Boar Fell | The Playful Pig | 10/10/2022 |
| After Baugh Fell in the morning. Swarth Fell and Wild Boar Fell. from bridge over railway east of Swarth Fell summit. track from here takes you across left to wall, followed this up to point where it turned south then straight up rto ridge just south of Swarth Fell summit then north along ridge to Wild Boar Fell, an odd line of cairns before you get there. A very impressive summit shelter. North to Bridle Way, then back along road to start. Might have been better to double bacvk tyo Swarth Fell Tarn using walls as guide down to start point. A good walk. | dickscroop | 22/06/2022 |
| Nuttall walk 11.2: Wild Boar Fell, Wild Boar Fell East Top, Swarth Fell, Swarth Fell Pike, Baugh Fell (Tarn Rigg Hill) , Knoutberry Haw. Very hard, often pathless walk on a beautiful March day. Parked on the raod, car surrounded by fell ponies. | Lazylizzie | 26/03/2022 |
| Parking at barn at SD776965. N along B6259 and up farm track to Hazelgill. Then bridleway to High Dolphinsty. Good ATV track out to Little Fell and back. Good path up to Wild Boar Fell summit with good linking path to E top. Poorer path down to col and along to Swarth Fell. At Swarth Fell Pike took small path at Rt angles L (NE) down through Stubbing Rigg to Aisgill Moor Cottages. | Isbjorn | 24/08/2021 |
| Making most of dryer under foot conditions. Evening circular of 3 tops from Uldale. Bit of a slog | conanharrod | 16/04/2021 |
| With Sue from side of road nr Shaw Paddock, follow path to barn and boggy walk up hill White Birks Common to Swarth Fell Pike and Swarth Fell. Return along tops following boundary to Turner Hill and decent. | Frank | 22/11/2020 |
| A good viewpoint with nice shelter for one and a dog! With Bryher. | jenx | 19/11/2020 |
| Cotegill Bridge > Angerholme Pots > Little Fell > The Nab > Wild Boar Fell > Swarth Fell > Swarth Fell Pike > Hell Gill Force > Cotegill Bridge Just Me and H, Blue Sky day with a nagging cold wind, ground not too wet. | johnkaysleftleg | 17/09/2020 |
| From A638 for a round of Swarth Fell Pike, Swarth Fell and Wild Boar Fell. | rhalstead | 16/09/2020 |
| 19.3 miles 2889ft walk, start at Cross Hall Farm Caravan Park Cautley, walk along A638 to Beck Side, take right Lane to Bluecaster Side, follow briddleway across moor to Uldale then Nutall route to Flint Howe and Sand Tarn then summit of Wild Boar Fell, cross plateau to view point then follow fence line to Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike, back track and take fence line down across Holmes Moss Hill to A Pennine Journey path and follow west to Foggy Hiil and back to Cautley. | stephenbuda | 10/09/2020 |
| 14 degrees, dark cloud, westerlies, from bridge to east after early dart. Easier and less wet ascent than expected. Feeling Autumnal, enjoyed walking along the edge to the summit, surrounded by big, bluff fells. Feels satisfyingly separate from Wild Boar Fell. On to Swarth Fell Pike. | Wycombe Wanderer | 04/09/2020 |
| From Aisgill Cottages, walked north along the Lady Anne Highway, then south back along the ridge top visiting Wild Boar Fell, Wild Boar Fell East Top, Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike with Chris, Christine, Eric, Geoff and Steve. 18Km with 700m ascent in 6 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 13/08/2020 |
| Mallerstang round | emily | 20/06/2020 |
| Walking from Garsdale Station (Garsdale Head) ascent of Turner Hill and on to Swarth Fell Pile following fence line. On to Wild Boar Fell. Return via the same route. | raymooremanx | 14/06/2020 |
| W/Wright WotHF no.28. | Sedge | 05/06/2020 |
| From Smithy Gill Bridge, first in a circular walk over Wild Boar Fell, High Seat and Little Fell. Good track up from SGB towards Flue Scarth Nick, where I heard, and saw, a pair of grouse, unseen by the Nuttalls on these fells (p236). If the fraction of the thousands of rowan saplings which are thriving survive, the scenery will look very different soon. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 27/05/2020 |
| From The Thrang. Under the railway on PBW, over to Wild Boar Fell from the col then onto Swarth Fell.Back the same route. Mist all day. | Longwojo | 22/12/2019 |
| Round walk from parking area near cotegill bridge to wild boar fell and swarth fell then over to swarth fell pike, east to to road. Solo. | axoree | 09/11/2019 |
| From Wild Boar Fell. Descended to Aisgill | Gary Heath | 26/08/2019 |
| Climbed in the snow with Smivvy. Car wouldn't start when we got back down. Had to be towed 110 miles bank home. Got home at 1:30 in the morning. | zaul_uk | 03/02/2019 |
| From A683 | Slash3 | 09/06/2018 |
| Pendragon Castle, Mallerstang Edge, Swarth and Wild Boar | Flatfield | 12/05/2018 |
| u3a | softsquare | 12/04/2018 |
| From parking area at Cote bridge on B6259 to East. | mart0797 | 07/04/2018 |
| Approach from Wild Boar Fell. Have visited this fell a number of times (checked this time that I was on the actual summit i.e. SD75574 96666). | ger | 25/07/2017 |
| From Cotegill Bridge; the xNuttall first, here, then on to Wild Boar Fell. Searching for old benchmarks (scratches on rocks!) with Roger Templeman - a fool's errand. | jonglew | 25/07/2017 |
| Little Fell, Wild Boar Fell, Wild Boar Fell East Top, Swarth Fell, Swarth Fell Pike, Baugh Fell, Knoutberry Haw | keithouk | 18/06/2017 |
| From Garsdale station. Easy plod from the pike. Glorious sunshine and cooling breeze, perfect walking conditions. Worth a short detour to the escarpment over Mallerstang. Later in the day I traversed under the fell and crossed Holmes Moss Hill en-route to Baugh Fell - this crossing has the juciest bogs I've ever encountered! | Jake994 | 31/05/2017 |
| From Minor road at Uldale SD 723-973 via Wild Boar Fell. Return via Rawthey Gill Foot. | Westdenewalker | 26/04/2017 |
| Parked at Asigill Moor Cottage, crossed the road and climbed directly up Swarth Fell. Followed the ridge to Wild Boar Fell before dropping into the valley via the Pennine Bridleway and return to the car up the valley. | dianepick | 26/03/2017 |
| 3rd fell following nuttalls walk no view from the summit | colinfielding | 03/03/2017 |
| Wild Boar Fell (both tops), Swarth Fell and Swarth Fell Pike. Was intending to carry on to Baugh Fell but the weather was foggy and drizzly so bailed out back to Uldale. | clivevilla | 24/01/2017 |
| From Thrang Via Aisgill cottages First snow of the year for me | Northender | 09/11/2016 |
| Solo. From Wild Boar Fell and then onto Baugh Fell | Aimless Rambler | 05/11/2016 |
| From Fat Lamb Country Inn near Ravenstonedale (NY 73922 02370) - Cote Moor - Little Fell - The Nab - Wild Boar Fell - Wild Boar Fell East Top - Swarth Fell - Swarth Fell Pike. Return via Wild Boar Fell East Top, Yoadcomb Scar, Blackbed Scar and The Nab. | david230201 | 14/10/2016 |
| From the Pike. Straightforward though starting to feel the miles by now. What a fabulous spot the top is. Superb vantage point. This my fourth last English Hewitt. off to WBF now. | stig_nest | 08/10/2016 |
| Heavy going from E path, would do SE if done again. Pleasant path along the ridge. Gale force winds. Beautiful spot for photography. Part of northern dales horseshoe. | Tom D | 12/09/2016 |
| With Cabe. | simon and co | 18/08/2016 |
| With dad | Cubags | 11/08/2016 |
| Nuttall walk 11.2 with Frank and Steve from Uldale. Warm but with some rain. | Lou | 31/07/2016 |
| Walked along the ridge from Wild Boar Fell. | CMR114 | 16/05/2016 |
| ANOTHER CLOUDLESS DAY WITH STRONG WIND. FOLLOWED RECOMMENDED NUTTALLS WALK 11.2. LONG DRAG UP TO WILD BOAR FELL, EASY PATH ON TO SWARTH FELL AND DESCENT TO RAWTHEY GILL FOOT. DELIGHTFUL BUT LONG ASCENT OF THE GILL TO BAUGH FELL. EASY STROLL TO KNOUTBERRY HAUGH THEN STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT ENDLESS RETURN TO THE START. | BURGESS | 12/05/2016 |
| Nuttall Walk EN 11.2 Wild Boar Fell and Baugh Fell from Ulldale, visiting Wild Boar Fell, Swarth Fell, Baugh Fell and Knoutberry Haw. 21km with 920m ascent in 7h20m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 19/09/2015 |