| Name: | Bell Crags [Long Moss] [Blea Tarn Fell] |
| Hill number: | 3567 |
| Height: | 559.1m / 1834ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2396 High Raise [High White Stones] |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Topographical area: | EL03 Scafell-illgill |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Central Fells |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger (Tu,5,Dew,B,Sy,Fel) |
| Grid ref: | NY 29829 14303 |
| Summit feature: | large boulder 85m N of cairn |
| Drop: | 32.4m |
| Col: | 526.7m NY 29689 14049  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
| Observations: | cairn is at NY 29828 14220 and 1.28m lower than boulder |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Survey of Bell Crags (Final).doc |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 315 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Izzy and Margo. Nice ascent starting from just north of Dobgill Bridge. Harrop Tarn was reached quickly, and Margo had a very welcome dip on a hot day. Then onto the summit. Great views in every direction. | James McKnight | 17/06/2024 |
| Road to Dobgill now open which saved me a road walk. £4 for 5hrs was quite reasonable. Went up zig-zags to Harrop Tarn and then up Watendlath bridleway (alleged - it would have to be a Shetland pony) and across moor to summit. Returned via Brown Rigg. | chriswatson | 05/03/2024 |
| A rather boggy circuit from Steel Fell car park (road to Dobgill still closed). Up past Harrop Tarn, then wet and brackeny along edge of forest to Brown Rigg. Hard pull over Blea Tarn Fell, then easier to Standing Crag and High Saddle. Hit Wythburn Fell spot on with the GPS and easy descent. Added 5 Birketts and a Fellranger. | BURGESS | 06/07/2023 |
| From steel end car park on a cloudless day | holtsd | 22/06/2023 |
| 13 Birkets after 4 weeks no rain - bone dry apart from (thankfully) a few springs. Road all closed off, so a bit of a trudge along the road after Fisher Crag back to start at Steel End carpark. Hd hoped to drop off bike at descent point to road. | Dave Sargent | 13/06/2023 |
| 4th of the day for Boo and I . Stopped on the way to take a dip in Blea Tarn | Alphaville199 | 09/06/2023 |
| Starting from Watendlath, track to High Tove, Middle Crag, Armboth Fell 480 and Armboth Fell 475, then to Brown Rigg, Bell Crags and Standing Crags. Then return back, wet underfoot | matty1971b | 01/05/2023 |
| Afternoon walk from Watendlath, up the BW then taking in Watendlath Fell, Bell Crags, Standing Crag, Ullscarf, High Saddle, Low Saddle and back to BW the other side of Blea Tarn. Great views all round on a clear day. | PeterD | 18/04/2023 |
| With Eileen from Dobgill CP | johnjennison | 16/07/2022 |
| Up steeply from road. No paths to speak of. Nice terrain once higher up. Down through the forest and starting to gently rain. | vegibagger | 17/05/2022 |
| Ignored the Road Closed sign and parked in car park at GR 316142. Followed the path climbing steeply up through the forest then across open heathland to a windy summit. Returned by same route. With SH. | wombourne | 04/04/2022 |
| Start ~ 316142, Dobgill car park. Followed RoW up through the forest passing Harrop Tarn. Rather windy once we got to the open hillside but not too boggy. Bell Crag summit is a great viewpoint, returned via the same route and even managed to stay dry. With Wombourne. | steve hudson | 04/04/2022 |
| From Dobgill as road closed due to fallen trees. Wasn't planning on quite such a long loop but was having too nice a time to turn around. Bell Crags, Watendlath Fell, Shivery Knott, Middle Fell, Armboth Fell (both tops) and Fisher Crag. Solo. | Fionalevey | 02/02/2022 |
| Was going to do High Tove but road closed at Dob Gill. Melting wet snow and rain. Harrop Tarn stunning, | Jim T | 26/12/2021 |
| Parked at Watendlath for a circuit around Bleatarn Gill over 11 summits. 4/11 | PGCE | 15/11/2021 |
| See route for Armboth Fell | smocks and denims | 12/05/2021 |
| Circuit from Watendlath Farm with MK | Nab Scar | 19/04/2021 |
| From Dobgill car park. Via Brown Rigg, fiddly pathless ascent around the crags, but nothing difficult apart from tussocky grass. Continued to do a round of the Armboth area fells. Dry conditions, nothing more than small wet patches that could usually be jumped. | Nick Caunt | 19/04/2021 |
| This is a fantastic-looking hill as you approach it from Thirlmere. Bumped into a herd of red deer as we came up the craggy east slopes. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 18/04/2021 |
| Wythburn Fell, Standing Crag, Blea Tarn Fell, Brown Rigg. In the snow. | tomd4 | 02/01/2021 |
| First of Two tops from Dobgill car park following the footpath through the woods onto the open hills before striking a direct line for the summit, and then making my way over to Armboth fell. Returning via Armboth car park and along the road, Seven and half mile in Four hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 06/12/2020 |
| With NB from Dob Gill Cp. N up road to a series of ill defined paths in bracken, Brown Crag, Bell Crags, Standing Crag, High and Low Saddle, return via Blea Tarn and Harrop Tarn. Weather a mix of wet, mist and sun. | Frank | 06/10/2020 |
| With FR from Dob Gill Cp. N up road to a series of ill defined paths in bracken, Brown Crag, Bell Crags, Standing Crag, High and Low Saddle, return via Blea Tarn and Harrop Tarn. Weather a mix of wet, mist and sun. | Bheinn | 06/10/2020 |
| Long route starting from layby parking above Brandelhow Park. Skelgill Bank, Catbells, though didn't visit summit (v crowded & social distancing!), Maiden Moor, High Spy N top, High Spy, descent to Seatoller then climb to Bessyboot, Rosthwaite Fell, Dovenest Top (both tops), descent to Langstrath, then direct ascent to Low Saddle, traverse to Bell Crags, crossed by end of Blea Tarn to climb Great Crag, then Knotts, then Grange Fell and Kings How. Descent to Borrowdale and crossed S End of Derwentwater, taking path close to shore and back too start point. Some bright and exceptionally clear conditions for much of route. | RobertP | 29/09/2020 |
| A rather wet walk (underfoot) exploring the northern part of the Central Fells from Ashness Bridge, visiting Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove, Armboth Fell (W + B summits), Shivery Knott, Watendlath Fell, Bell Crags, Ullscarf, High Saddle, Low Saddle, Great Crag, Grange Fell (Brund Fell). 27.6km with 1200m ascent in 8h40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 31/08/2020 |
| As for Ullscarf | isabelle | 29/07/2020 |
| With Rachel | Littledave | 06/02/2020 |
| Parked at Dolgill Car Park and did a round of Brown Rigg, Blea Tarn Fell, Standing Crag, Low Saddle, High Saddle, Ullscarf, Wythburn Fell and Birk Crag. | clivevilla | 21/10/2019 |
| Climbed from Watendlath via Blea Tarn. Very wet ground. | flockwatcher | 25/09/2019 |
| Bob & Duke Thursday 2nd/5/2019 Z 1757 hrs. | DukeNukem | 02/05/2019 |
| On a walk from Keswick to Grasmere. Visited cairn at NY 29828 14220 and large boulder at NY 29829 14303 | alistairpooler | 30/03/2019 |
| From Armboth CP, accessible by road from S but not N at present - charges currently suspended. | mae2 | 17/01/2019 |
| Brown Rigg,Fisher Crag,Armboth Fell,Bell Crags in that order in the dry yes not even damp. | jocks1 | 18/07/2018 |
| Round of 11 various hills, this the second. Accessed fellside from path S side Dob Gill. From Brown Rigg, on to Watendlath Fell. | jonglew | 16/03/2018 |
| From Watendlath Fell (Long Moss) | Neil Midgley | 26/02/2018 |
| One of those - oh we’ve got ten minutes spare on the descent “let’s quickly get it done” DTL. Took 12 minutes but we will let him off. | Fionalevey | 30/01/2018 |
| With Fiona. Very enjoyable round starting from bus stop at Dunmail Raise, straight up Steel Fell, then Calf Crag, Ullscarf, Low Saddle, Bell Crags and Brown Rigg before catching bus at Wythburn to Windermere station and train to London. Snowed majority of time but did not settle. Very boggy in places. | trimarc2 | 30/01/2018 |
| From Brown Rigg. Descended to the col then climbed grassy rake west to the summit. Onwards to Armboth Fell. With AT. | Man of Kernow1 | 06/01/2018 |
| KeithByTheC | 30/12/2017 | |
| From Low Saddle, on to Brown Rigg. | Wycombe Wanderer | 29/10/2017 |
| From Dobgill. Penultimate Fellranger. | arranc | 24/05/2017 |
| From Brown Rigg bagging all three potential tops. | Eddie | 23/05/2017 |
| I've not been here for a long time. Came down from Standing Crag with Clare, Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. A new one for a very leisurely second round of Birketts. | Dangerous Dave | 30/04/2017 |
| Birkett and Wainwright round from Armboth CP. | SteveG | 20/02/2017 |
| penultimate fellranger with Andy one more hill to do | colinfielding | 13/02/2017 |
| Finally reached Colins main target for the day. Walked/slithered down from Standing Crag. No snow from Blea Tarn down. | Andrew Pearson | 13/02/2017 |
| Solo. Three winter Wainwrights around Watendlath. | Vin | 11/02/2017 |
| Climbed while walking the Wainwrights | Tony Millard | 21/01/2017 |
| From(still free)Dob Gill car park on glorious autumnal afternoon-Birk Crag-Bell Crags-Brown Rigg.With Oscar. | catman | 02/11/2016 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 02/11/2016 |