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| Name: | Great Meldrum |
| Hill number: | 3847 |
| Height: | 437m / 1434ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2598 Little Mell Fell |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL05 Helvellyn-mell |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m), Birkett, Synge (Tu,4,B,Sy) |
| Grid ref: | NY 41477 22319 |
| Summit feature: | moss covered red rock |
| Drop: | 41m |
| Col: | 396m NY410221  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
| 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 316 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| A circular walk from The Hause lay-by. Watermillock Fell, Little Meldrum, Great Meldrum, the Gowbarrow Fell tops, Gowbarrow Park and Green Hill. | summitter | 23/08/2024 |
| Quick walk on windy evening after rainy day. Used track from The Hause, easy going | Clive G | 04/06/2024 |
| solo walk with Jess | jonsutterby71 | 27/05/2024 |
| Parking at The Hause > Little Mell Fell South Top > Little Meldrum > Great Meldrum > The Hause Easy route to follow and easy walking, apart from climbing 2 locked gates and cows in first field | matty1971b | 04/05/2024 |
| Started at parking spaces on The Hause for walk over Watermillock Fell- Great Meldrum- Swinburn's Park- The Hause. Easy; forest track now leads to gate for path up this hill, the path continues to the most capacious wall stile I've ever used (GR: 411220). Good track down to Swinburn's Park fp, which we found closed- we tried it but there was work going on so we had to retreat and instead returned alongside fences on W, the N side of Kirksty Brow. Started in a break in the rain but it drizzled and rained most of the time and our 2h 30 min was enough. Cloud dase on and off the Mell Fell tops so we had fair visibility throughout. With brother, Pete | pwheeler | 14/03/2024 |
| Birkett CLF MEL 2. | Sedge | 16/02/2024 |
| Round of Three Wainwrights, Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell, Gowbarrow Fell, descent to Dockray and then Walk back to car via Matterdale. Nice circuit on a lovely crisp day. | Longwojo | 24/11/2023 |
| Pleasantly deserted spot to sit for a bit for the first time since Park Brow CP; a little light drizzle but so warm it didn't matter in the least. | agentmancuso | 07/09/2023 |
| Bagged along with Watermillock Fell from Ullswater Holiday Park | Gary Heath | 08/04/2023 |
| From Aira Force. 12.5 km, 640 m asc. Up by Bernard Pike to to the summits Green Hill, Gowbarrow Park and Gowbarrow Fell (Hu and trig point). Continuing NE over Great and Little Meldrum and Watermillock Fell to The Hause. Back SW by the Swinburn's Park path. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720306851613 | SalmonJoe | 18/03/2023 |
| Wainwright Walk 37: Spider (Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell & Gowbarrow Fell) | DavidHiner | 28/01/2023 |
| 11 miles 2800ft walk, from Quarry carpark to Gowbarrow Fell, Little Mell Fell, Great Mell Fell and Great Meldrum. | stephenbuda | 08/10/2022 |
| Dockray, Gowbarrow, stone stile to top, on along ridge to Mell Fells. | Flatfield | 25/08/2022 |
| The Mell fells in very hot and still conditions. | atreides7887 | 10/07/2022 |
| Frm Watermillock Fell, mainly on track. Summit is on grassy ridge. 3 fighter jets speed past.very windy but sunny | Denise | 09/03/2022 |
| From Gowbarrow Fell on way to Little Mell Fell collecting tops along the way. Obvious route | trimarc2 | 09/05/2021 |
| On way back from Gowbarrow. With B and R. | jenx | 21/02/2021 |
| Little Mell,then a walk across the tops to Gowbarrow and down to Dockray. With Bryher. Snow and lots of ice on the paths. | jenx | 04/01/2021 |
| 2 | wcroasdell | 06/12/2020 |
| Pleasant to walk here and escape the crowds on the Gowbarrow circuit mid week in October. | JohnW | 14/10/2020 |
| Birthday bagging | PhilipChaston | 04/09/2020 |
| Birkett 3 | Dave Geere | 18/08/2020 |
| The Hause > Little Mell Fell > Great Mell Fell > Gowbarrow > Great Meldrum > Little Meldrum > Watermillock Fell > The Hause | johnkaysleftleg | 12/10/2019 |
| DECAMPED FROM LANGDALE TO ULLSWATER CAMPSITE FOR SECOND HALF OF BIRKETT BAGGING BONANZA. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENING THAT AFTER PITCHING TENT I WAS DROPPED ABOVE AIRA FORCE AND KNOCKED OFF ROUND HOW AND BRACKEN HOW THEN DID THE TRAVERSE OVER GREEN HILL, GOWBARROW (DONE ALREADY), GREAT MELDRUM, LITTLE MELDRUM AND WATERMILLOCK FELL TO CAMPSITE. GREAT VIEWS UP ULLSWATER. | BURGESS | 15/07/2019 |
| With Simon Racle | JamesJolly | 09/05/2019 |
| With Debs, Ali & Talisker. Circuit of Green Hill, Gowbarrow Park, Gowbarrow Fell (2 tops), Gt Meldrum, Little Meldrum, Hag Hill (Although due to a 7 foot deer fence just look at the top from 20 ft away) & Birk Crag. | Mountain Goat | 03/02/2019 |
| Out SW and return from the road col south of Little Mell Fell. | vegibagger | 21/01/2019 |
| Bob & Duke Wednesday 26th/12/2018 Z | DukeNukem | 26/12/2018 |
| From Little Meldrum. On to Gowbarrow Fell. | Wycombe Wanderer | 16/12/2018 |
| Aira Force Round | Littledave | 03/10/2018 |
| From the hause | bardolph | 31/07/2018 |
| after Gowbarrow sunny afternoon walk solo | colinfielding | 22/04/2018 |
| After Watermillock Fell. Good trod from the gate at NY419227 follows the fence at first then heads for the top. Also good trod off through the heather towards Gowbarrow. | Moorponder | 15/04/2018 |
| On the way down from Gowbarrow Fell. A bit boggy on the way back to the road. | Walker Dan | 24/03/2018 |
| 6/9 (Great Mell Fell/Gobarrow Fell (Wainwright Summit)/Gobarrow Fell/Gobarrow Park/Green Hill (Gobarrow Park)/Great Meldrum/Little Meldrum/Dunmallet(Dunmallard Hill)/HeughScar Hill) | Fergalh | 25/11/2017 |
| With Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 28/10/2017 |
| Done with Richard Turner as part of a circular walk from Aira Force, taking in Green Hill, Gowbarrow Fell, Great Meldrum, Little Meldrum and Watermillock Fell. Weather warm and good views. | falunty | 18/10/2017 |
| Done with Richard Turner as part of a circular walk from Aira Force, taking in Green Hill, Gowbarrow Fell, Great Meldrum, Little Meldrum and Watermillock Fell. Weather warm and good views. | nitranrenrut | 18/10/2017 |
| +JB | SimonK | 13/10/2017 |
| Aira Force - Green Hill - Gowbarrow Fell - Great Meldrum - Little Meldrum - Watermillock Fell - The Hause. | Mark Jackson | 13/08/2017 |
| On from Little Meldrum. | jonglew | 23/07/2017 |
| After Gowbarrow Fell, on way to Little Meldrum. Sunny but chilly. On my own. | alwaysinshorts | 23/03/2017 |
| Gowbarrow Fell, Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell. With dad and Pepper, first time at our new campsite The Quiet Site. Fell in bog. | ukmasejnr | 04/02/2017 |
| Gowbarrow Fell, Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell. With Thomas and Pepper, first time at our new campsite The Quiet Site. Fell in bog. | ukmase | 04/02/2017 |
| From Little Meldrum on obvious grass path from Little Meldrum. Back to car at the Hause via Greenbank and road to avoid a double trespass. Met two folks at top, surprising on a cold windy Wednesday in January. | Hillsidenick | 25/01/2017 |
| Solitude after visiting Gowbarrow Fell top. Helpful stone stile at NY411220 (wall corner). | summitsup | 02/10/2016 |
| An easy walk from Little Meldrum before heading to the Wainwright with GB. | bolton | 13/09/2016 |
| Included in a circular walk from Watermillock Church (432229). Started with Little Meldrum & finished on Green Hill, bagging a total of 1W,3B,1Hu & 1Sy. (PM) | gerrybowes | 13/09/2016 |
| En route from Watermillock Fell to Gowbarrow. Trods all the way. | Eddie | 23/04/2016 |
| On the way down from Gowbarrow Fell. | Andrew Pearson | 24/03/2016 |