| Name: | Gowbarrow Fell |
| Hill number: | 7833 |
| Height: | 481.2m / 1579ft |
| 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: | Hump, Tump (400-499m) (Hu,Tu,4) |
| Grid ref: | NY 40731 21722 |
| Summit feature: | embedded rock |
| Drop: | 100.1m |
| Col: | 381.1m NY 42362 23524  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
| Observations: | knoll 25m S at NY 40732 21699 is 8cm lower; hill 2610 (rock 3m SE of trig point) is 1cm lower |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Second Survey of Gowbarrow Fell (Final).doc |
| Comments: | Wainwright/Birkett is hill 2610 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 457 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 |
| Day 31/40 of my Wainwright Challenge linking all 214 Wainwrights in one walk taking 40 days to mark my 70th Birthday. Today, with Ian and Susan for walk linking the Eastern and Northern Fells from High Row to Mungrisdale, visiting Gowbarrow Fell, Little Mell Fell. 21km with 800m ascent taking 7h 10m. | Alan_70+ | 18/06/2024 |
| With Izzy and Margo. Quick visit from the Wainwright summit. Onto Gowbarrow Park. | James McKnight | 16/06/2024 |
| With Caitlin | jthomson6nr9 | 29/05/2024 |
| Lovely circular walk from Aira Force car park including both summits. With D. | webmaster | 25/04/2024 |
| Birkett CLF MEL 2. | Sedge | 16/02/2024 |
| Parked at the NT Aira Force car park (NT free) and followed the circular walk anti-clockwise to Gowbarrow Fell trig and nearby hp. Aira Force waterfalls very impressive with recent heavy rain. Blustery with occasional hail/rain showers. Some views S across Ullswater. With Gillian, Harriet and Mike. | richard69 | 29/12/2023 |
| 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 |
| A repeat visit to Gowbarrow to tick off all the tops we missed 13 years ago with a pleasant walk-in from Watermillock Church. A better top than the trig point. | milimana | 26/10/2023 |
| From Gowbarrow Park, a dozen or more people in ones & twos at the trig; none of them even glanced in this direction. | agentmancuso | 07/09/2023 |
| With the parentals in the carrier. Beautiful sunny day. Fast asleep on the summit. | alder | 19/07/2023 |
| Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park, Gowbarrow Park, Gowbarrow Fell & Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright) from Aira Force parking area. | JasonStark | 05/07/2023 |
| Gowbarrow Fell from High Cascades car park, visiting both the Wainwright summit at the trig and the Hump summit. Splendid view of the head of Ullswater and surrounding fells from the summit. 4km with 300m ascent taking 1h 10m. | silveracorn_alan | 17/05/2023 |
| 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 |
| Visited by accident to see if view better, don't bother. Company: SC | iandesbottes | 19/02/2023 |
| 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 |
| The Boo and I took the arduous route from the Wainwright summit. You won't need a picnic to sustain you on your journey between the two summits | Alphaville199 | 23/09/2022 |
| Lay-by south of bridge in Dockray. Good path over Gowbarrow, Gt Meldrum Little Mell and Great Mell. Back along lanes and paths. | Flatfield | 25/08/2022 |
| Quick up and down from Dockray also visiting Wainwright summit. | NormanW | 12/07/2022 |
| The Mell fells in very hot and still conditions. | atreides7887 | 10/07/2022 |
| Little Mell - Great Mell - Gowbarrow loop | twg27 | 20/04/2022 |
| Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell, Gowbarrow Fell, Gowbarrow Fell, Gowbarrow Park, Green Hill | keithouk | 10/04/2022 |
| Rainy! With R and B. | jenx | 17/03/2022 |
| Rock outcrop south of trig, unclear which is actually higher. Windy but sunny. Continue to Hagg Wood; don't ascend the southern tops. | Denise | 09/03/2022 |
| A nice little hill with 3 possible high points. Unable to differentiate by Abney in the gusting 50mph wind. | RichardM | 09/03/2022 |
| Laura kay n flo | Lauralj84 | 03/03/2022 |
| Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell and Gobarrow (both tops) with trimarc2. Lovely bright and crisp day. Drove in between each hill which felt like cheating! | Fionalevey | 22/12/2021 |
| with Fiona | trimarc2 | 22/12/2021 |
| With Isabel & Olivia from High Cascades Car Park. Continued to Aira Force via the Memorial Seat. Mostly dry with occasional very light drizzle. | alistairpooler | 25/09/2021 |
| Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright): Gowbarrow Fell; Gowbarrow Park; Greenhill. Solo from Aira Force Car Park | ytfckent | 17/09/2021 |
| Tom & Xiaohui | tomparkes | 18/08/2021 |
| From Aria Force car park pretty easy climb with my son. Work has been done to the path to make it a bit less boggy. | smiffy77 | 12/08/2021 |
| 12.1 miles 2722ft walk. Start at Force Waterfall Quarry carpark Ullswater, to Gowbarrow Fell, Common Fell, Watermillock Common, Swineside Knott, Brown Hills, Birkett Fell, Hart Side and Round How, back to carpark. | stephenbuda | 17/07/2021 |
| Parked Aria Force Main CP. Walked up via the waterfalls, left path to trig point about half way up to cut accross to Gowbarrow Park, then on to Gowbarrow Fell and the Trig point. Headed East from the trig point and followed the path round the fell back to the CP.... With Carole | Dave | 24/05/2021 |
| dockray round 16 tops | holtsd | 29/04/2021 |
| High cascades CP. Down to Aira Force. Along Ullswater Way to Yew Crag, then direct up to Green Hill. Over other three tops and down by the very messy main path. Beautiful afternoon. With B and R. | jenx | 17/03/2021 |
| From High Cascades CP. Down to Aira Force then anti-clockwise round the tops. Scattering of snow. With B and R. | jenx | 22/01/2021 |
| 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 |
| 6 | wcroasdell | 06/12/2020 |
| With Éire & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 08/11/2020 |
| With B and R. | jenx | 05/10/2020 |
| Picked this one up on our way to green hill | Kent Mark | 10/09/2020 |
| Birthday bagging | PhilipChaston | 04/09/2020 |
| Revisit | Dave Geere | 18/08/2020 |
| Solo fr NY402201 after drive N fr Norfolk (and caught by speed camera nr Grantham, I later discovered!) and checking in to tiny sgl rm at Brackenrigg Inn. Delightful runnable path round E then N, and back S over the knobbly tops, then steeper down WSW to woodland paths again. 5pm to 7pm. Well-broken masses of dark clouds, dramatic skies! | NorfolkPT21 | 02/08/2020 |
| Parked at Dochray. Nice evening walk. | PGCE | 13/06/2020 |
| Xmas 2019 Walk from NT Aira Force CP. Visiting both the Wainwright and HUMP summits. Climbed up via the waterfalls and returned via the terrace path - lovely and quiet when reaching the open fell side. Great views down Ullswater as the sun was setting. | Jephcote83 | 25/12/2019 |
| The Hause > Little Mell Fell > Great Mell Fell > Gowbarrow > Great Meldrum > Little Meldrum > Watermillock Fell > The Hause | johnkaysleftleg | 12/10/2019 |
| Mini-round of the 4 Gowbarrow summits from the main Aira Force car parks. Bit of an odd one - this, the highest point on the hill, is only a short distance from the very popular and clearly separated Wainwright and trig summit 100m away - standing onthis one you deal feel all the daytrippers by the trig staring across at you and wondering what you're doing at the wrong summit. Little do they know...! | wheresthepath | 30/09/2019 |