| Name: | Brim Fell |
| Hill number: | 2636 |
| Height: | 795.9m / 2611ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2634 The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL04 Coniston-claife |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| Catchment: | Duddon, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Ulverston) |
| Watershed: | Morecambe Bay |
| Class: | Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg) |
| Grid ref: | SD 27076 98557 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 19.6m |
| Col: | 776.4m SD 2711 9824  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 97 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1814 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 51 | MarkFrench | 16/09/2024 |
| From Coniston - past Walna Scar car park - Via the path past the quarry to The Old Man - on to Brim Fell - Grey Friar- Swirl How - Prison Band - slight ascent back up to visit Erin Crag. 4th round | Benarbia_4 | 13/09/2024 |
| ROUTE: The Coniston Fells WALKERS: J.T. & M.T. with Corey T. WEATHER: Sunny with light cloud above summits. Occasionally gusty. | MTansley | 03/09/2024 |
| ROUTE: The Coniston Fells WALKERS: J.T. & M.T. with Corey T. WEATHER: Sunny with light cloud above summits. Occasionally gusty. | J_tansley | 03/09/2024 |
| With Suzanne | dc96 | 26/08/2024 |
| Climbed with Karl. | John92 | 28/06/2024 |
| The Coniston Fells. Dow Crag - Coniston Old Man - Brim Fell - Grey Friar - Great Carrs - Swirl How - Wetherlam | sms.37 | 22/06/2024 |
| The Coniston Fells. Dow Crag - Coniston Old Man - Brim Fell - Grey Friar - Great Carrs - Swirl How - Wetherlam with Si | Nicefish | 22/06/2024 |
| Coniston round - Long Crag scramble, Wetherlam, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Brim Fell, Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston | Barns150 | 12/06/2024 |
| South along ridge from Swirl How towards Old Man of Coniston | MattD99 | 16/05/2024 |
| From Coniston to Great Langdale campsite via Wrynose pass with Burdon and Mo. | TrekClimbing | 28/04/2024 |
| 5/10 Brown Pike Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell Little How Crags, Great How Crags, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Lad Stones, all with LDWA Lakeland group on our group walk. Cracking sunny day and revisits to all except Lad Stones. | nickywood1 | 20/04/2024 |
| With Carl and Poppy from Coniston, mainly sunny with chilly wind on the tops. Brim Fell, Old Man of Coniston, Dow Crag, Buck Fell and Brown Pike. 10.1 miles 3000 ft elevation. | nell1583 | 31/03/2024 |
| Coniston, Wetherlam, Grey Friar, Old Man and back to Consiton | trimarc2 | 20/03/2024 |
| After Dow Crag and at the end of the Coniston Fell circuit | N.Morters | 25/11/2023 |
| Staying at Coniston YH with Alex McBride for the weekend, we headed up Walna Scar Road (a track really) for a circuit covering eight summits. Five of which were Hewitts and Wainwrights, two were just Wainwrights and one was just a Hewitt. Alex is bagging the Wainwrights, while I'm doing the Hewitts. Summits in order: Dow Crag (774m), H and W Old Man of Coniston (803m), H and W Brim Fell (796m), W Grey Frair (773m), H and W Great Carr (785m), W Swirl How (802m), H and W Black Sails (745m), H Wetherlam (763m), H and W | chillyman8 | 21/10/2023 |
| HWCSC hike 1 with Lisa | Rumbo | 15/10/2023 |
| From Coniston youth hostel. Nuttall walk 5.5 in reverse. Circuit of Walna Scar, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Swirl How, Black Sails, Wetherlam and Lad Stones. Blustery day in the aftermath of Storm Agnes, in/out of cloud all day with some showers but enjoyable revisit to many of the tops. Solo. | richard69 | 28/09/2023 |
| Part of circular route including Coniston Old Man walk | Lovable Laura | 23/09/2023 |
| On my own around the OMC circuit plus this minor diversion, from the Walna Scar Road. | Phreerunner | 14/06/2023 |
| From hawks head, staying with rach and Zach in the camper. Hot sunny weather | danwalker1150 | 02/06/2023 |
| With Joe from Grey Friar | dombenson | 28/05/2023 |
| Along with Coniston Old Man | alanm9 | 22/05/2023 |
| Old County Tops | paulcook2809 | 20/05/2023 |
| Coniston loop. Wetherlam, Black Sails, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friars, Brim Fell, Old Man, Dow Crag, Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden. Just over 7 hours in warm sun. Great day. | Longwojo | 13/05/2023 |
| Old Man of Coniston loop: https://strava.app.link/MHS9Zp8iHzb | livvips | 10/05/2023 |
| A gruelling but rewarding 17 mile, 9.5 hour circular(ish) round ticking off 16 tops; Starting at free roadside parking just before the church at Bowmanstead, Kitty Crag-Lad Stones-Wetherlan-Black Sails-Swirl How-Great Carrs-Little Carrs-Hell Gill Pike-Grey Friar-Grey How-Little How Crags-Brim Fell-O.M.o.Coniston-Dow Crag-Buck Pike-Brown Pike and returned via Banishead Quarry. | Alfa1M | 04/05/2023 |
| From car park to old man, to brim to Dow fell. | matthewthomas16 | 20/04/2023 |
| clear but cloudy did with hendo and syson | Amanda&JamesExplore | 09/04/2023 |
| Walked from Coniston with Simon. Stayed in Coniston with Simon before IOG Patterdale Easter Trip 2023. | dancingqueen101 | 04/04/2023 |
| From Coniston, scramble up Long Crag, Kitty Crag, Lad Stones, Wetherlam, Black Sail, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Brim Fell and The Old Man of Coniston. | welshyboyo | 03/03/2023 |
| R TS RB etc | Richard Tait | 21/02/2023 |
| Up amd down including brim fell and the old man. 2hrs 30 | Nicky C | 14/02/2023 |
| R K Full winter | Richard Tait | 18/01/2023 |
| Wainwright Route 20: Spider (Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell & Dow Crag) | DavidHiner | 19/11/2022 |
| Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, The Old Man of Coniston and the Bell. Epic day | teamnaughtyfamjam | 19/11/2022 |
| From Walna Scar road. Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Old Man Of Coniston and the Bell. | alunrees40 | 19/11/2022 |
| Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How | keithouk | 23/10/2022 |
| Round of Coniston Old Man and some nearby tops from Coniston village. Followed good track / path by Church Beck to open ground then steep climb to excellent summit of The Bell. Descent NW to path then took path up Boulder Valley to Levers Water and continued on path on W side. Continued up valley and climbed up by stream and then ridge to Great How. Little How Crags, Brim Fell and Coniston Old Man before following standard descent route. | RobertP | 10/10/2022 |
| With the Old Man. | Newton Maximus | 03/10/2022 |
| Trekked with Dave. | callumblairwils | 24/09/2022 |
| with Gordon and Mark - all the tops | HardenC | 24/09/2022 |
| The classic Coniston Round, but including a few not previously climbed Birketts and Synges, and including a new ridge down off Wetherlam. Starting point at Fell Gate is now a Pay + Display car park (£8 for the day). 18 summits topped during the day, order of ascent: Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Black Sails, Erin Crag, Kennel Crag, The Bell. 25.5km with 1500m ascent taking 9 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 21/09/2022 |
| A mere afterthought after Dow Crag and the Old Man. Then down to pitch my tent above Levers Water | Colin Crawford | 16/09/2022 |
| This was the third top of the day. We had stopped for lunch (and a nap) after the first two tops. A very kind couple even took our photo on the summit as we usually just have one of us in the picture. | JThorn | 28/08/2022 |
| From Coniston Hall campsite. 16.5 km, 950 m asc. To Bowmanstead and W along the Banishead BW (a bit bog messy around Hussey Well Beck) to join the Walna Scar Road. Over Torver Bridge and up to Walna Scar Pass. NE to Brown Pike and continue N along the ridge to Buck Pike and Dow Crag summit. Down to Goat's Hawse and contour up to Brim Fell summit and S to Coniston Old Man summit. Down by Low Water and the main quarry track to Miners Bridge and the Sun Hotel. Hot, sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720301424482 | SalmonJoe | 13/08/2022 |
| solo walk, following MRT hill assessment w/e. | jonsutterby71 | 07/08/2022 |
| Epic scrambling up Brim Fell Slabs with Mutant. | cumbria mammoth | 09/07/2022 |
| Coniston - Wetherlam - Swirl How - Great Carrs - Grey Friar - Brim Fell - Old Man of Coniston - Dow Crag - Coniston | JHes | 21/06/2022 |
| With MarkS. | DaveT | 27/04/2022 |