| Name: | Broom Fell |
| Hill number: | 2480 |
| Height: | 510.2m / 1674ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2345 Lord's Seat |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Topographical area: | EL02 Gable-grasmoor |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - North Western Fells |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
| Class: | Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Subdodd (W,B,Sy,Fel,s5) |
| Grid ref: | NY 19544 27051 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: heather |
| Drop: | 28.9m |
| Col: | 481.4m NY 2000 2691  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
| Observations: | Wainwright summit cairn is 170m NW at NY 19444 27191 and is 0.9m 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 1160 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Lord's Seat circuit from Scawgill Bridge. 5 of 11 | thekirkie pirate | 02/10/2024 |
| Climbed with Alex | MrD | 10/08/2024 |
| With Phoebe, circuit to Barf and back via Whinlatter | MrD | 02/07/2024 |
| 11.4 mile circular from A66 layby next to Bassenthwaite Lake. We followed good paths through the forest to Beck Wythop then up into Wythop Dale along minor road, then up steeply onto Ling Fell. We crossed the dreaded Wythop Moss which wasn't half as bad as we thought it would be, even after months of rain following Wainwright's route along the old pathway. Up onto Graystones covering all 3 high point contenders. Then along ridge to Broom Fell, Lord's Seat and the very boring Ullister Hill. We then contoured Lord's Seats' slopes using a trail marked on map onto Barf. Here we used the descent route next to Beckstones Gill. (there is a slight rock face to navigate over on the way down). Into Powter How then back along lakeside path to layby. 906m ascent. Quite busy as it was a Sunday in the Lakes. High cloud with good views (especially on Lord's Seat and Barf) but with slight drizzle at times. | DanTrig | 21/04/2024 |
| With: hb sb; Parked above Scawgill Bridge and followed forest path as far as Lord's Seat. Out and back to Barf in mist. Then over Broom Fell to Graystones and returned to car via forest track after initial steep descent | Ian Baines | 17/03/2024 |
| From Powter How, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom fell then back through Whinlatter forest. Cold mainly dry day, very windy on the tops. With K. | sebastiencale | 29/12/2023 |
| Brown How, Whinlatter, Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Graystones, Kirk Fell | Barns150 | 27/12/2023 |
| Dubwath to Braithwaite via 6 Birketts & 2 (repeat) Wainwrights | Ajm0310 | 11/12/2023 |
| My fifth round of the Lord's Seat Group from Whinlatter to Wythop Mill, this time with Chris. Visited Whinlatter Top, Whinlatter Brown How, Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Graystones (both summits), Ling Fell, Rivings, and Sale Fell. 20km with 1030m ascent taking 7h20m. Lovely autumn colours and great views across the Solway into Scotland. Glad we did not do Skiddaw, our original choice, as it was stubbornly in cloud all day. | silverwolf_alan | 03/11/2023 |
| The shelter gets busy when the wind is blowing a hooley, as Boo and I found out | Alphaville199 | 29/09/2023 |
| solo walk (with Jess) | jonsutterby71 | 23/09/2023 |
| Solo from Powter How CP. Barf, Lords Seat and Broom Fell, then back the way I came. 3h35m. | ADT | 16/09/2023 |
| The Lords Seat Fells. Whinlatter, Barf, Lords Seat, Broom Fell & Graystones. | sms.37 | 09/09/2023 |
| R | Richard Tait | 29/08/2023 |
| Barf - Lords Seat - Broom Fell -Graystones - Whinlatter | benarbia no 3 | 24/08/2023 |
| A showery day on the Lord's Seat group from the Hobcarton car park for my fourth round of Wainwrights. Visited Whinlatter (both summits), Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Kirk Fell, Graystones (both summits). 18km with 880m ascent, taking 5.5 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 13/08/2023 |
| TC, EC. Via ridge route from Graystones. | TopCat1959 | 30/07/2023 |
| From Spout Force CP. 11 km, 550 m asc. Up by the Darling How track, across Aitken Beck and N up the wall to Broom Fell. SE and S to Lord's Seat, Ullister Hill, Seat Howe and Tarberrel Moss. Dry, windy. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310109931 | SalmonJoe | 29/07/2023 |
| Along path from Graystones. | peter4lc | 22/06/2023 |
| Today myself and Alma Aurea headed to Powter Howe for a circular walk taking in six Wainwright's - Sale Fell, Ling Fell, Graystones, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat and Barf, plus a couple of nearby summits. The weather was very warm and humid but from the forecast it looked like this area should stay clear of any thunderstorms or showers, which it did. However, despite the lower summit heights, the hills are relatively independent and quite steep it turned out to be quite a long day with some hot steep ascents! The walk took about 7.5 hours to cover the 15 mile route. /D | meltdiceburg | 11/06/2023 |
| Walked from Whinlatter Forest visitor center. | Wandelaar | 06/06/2023 |
| Walked with Raymond and his group from Head for the Hills. Graystones, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat, Barf and Whinlatter. Drizzle most of the day and only intermittent views unfortunately. Lovely group. | River-Girl | 01/05/2023 |
| Wainwright Walk 61: Spider (Lord's Seat, Whinlatter, Broom Fell, Barf & Graystones) | DavidHiner | 16/04/2023 |
| Day 2 of a big weekend of BGR recce/training, but left the BGR on one side today to explore the Lorton & Wythop fells, starting from Powter How with Barf and going anti-clockwise. Bottled out of Whinlatter as the drizzle got heavier, but it cleared whilst taking in Ullister Hill & Seat How. A grand day out, with plenty of grassy running & a decent amount of bog for Hazel to dash about in. | NumptyDumpty | 05/03/2023 |
| Solo Ascent from Darling How Plantation, Whinlatter via Forest Track by Aiken Beck to attain ridge just below Lord's Seat. Continued on ridge to Broom Fell, Broom Fell Wainwright Summit Cairn, Widow Hause, Graystones (Birkett) and Graystones (Wainwright) with steep descent to Scawgill Bridge. 7.40 miles with 613m of ascent in 3hrs:55mins elpased time with 3hrs:12 mins moving time and 0hrs:43 stopped time. Cold, clear and sunny with excellent visibility clouding over a little in afternoon. | pwhitaker_1966 | 23/02/2023 |
| From Whinlatter Force car park - Graystones - Ling Fell-Sales Fell-Broom Fell - Lords Seat-Barf-Whinlatter. Some tough and very boggy going in places, particularly between Ling Fell and Broom Fell, and traversing round Lord's Seat to Whinlatter | Rockdoctor | 12/02/2023 |
| Parked ar Spout Force car park. Straight up Graystones (very steep!), out and back to Kirk Fell, them Btoom Fell and Lords Seat, down by Aiken Beck. | Clive G | 23/01/2023 |
| Cold, solo winter's day up Barf, Lord Seat, Broom Hill and Greystones | Winter Round | 15/01/2023 |
| From Spout Force CP, Whinlatter. 10.5 km, 490 m asc. E along the main (Aiken Beck) forest track and NE to Lord's Seat summit. W over Broom Fell summit and the Wainwright summit cairn and continuing over Widow Hause summit to Graystones Wainwright summit and Birkett summit. Steep down the S wall to join the Darling How track looping back to the car park. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304865290 | SalmonJoe | 31/12/2022 |
| Grateful for the shelter on top as the wind was really howling at this point. Cheese and pickle sandwiches on the top. With GFE post parkrun. Very wet. | Fionalevey | 05/11/2022 |
| Graystones (Birkett) Graystones (Wainwright) Widow Hause, Broom Fell. Steep walk up from Spout force waterfall with Carl. 4 miles 1510ft elevation. | nell1583 | 20/10/2022 |
| Whinlatter round | emily | 19/09/2022 |
| Veryhappybunny | 15/09/2022 | |
| Whinlatter Visitor Centre - Lords Seat - Broom Fell - Lord's Seat - WVC. With all the family. | Ham and Skate | 24/08/2022 |
| With Greystones, Barf and Lord's Seat | Chopperbrown | 18/08/2022 |
| Aiken Beck Horseshoe with Matt and Anna. | djc36 | 06/08/2022 |
| Repeat ascent. Spout Force CP, Brown How, Whinlatter Top, Tarbarrel Moss, Seat How, Ullister Hill, Barf, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Widow Hause, Graystones (Wainwright), Kirk Fell, Graystones (Birkett), Scawgill Bridge, Spout Force CP. A beautiful day. | vuirich | 09/07/2022 |
| Nice 7W loop from Whinlatter Forest. | atreides7887 | 19/06/2022 |
| Veryhappybunny | 07/06/2022 | |
| From Whinlatter visitor centre using green route through the forest, visited both tops. With D. | webmaster | 14/05/2022 |
| Spout Force Car Park -> Lords Seat -> Broom Fell -> Graystones -> Spout Force Car Park | mikethomas | 07/05/2022 |
| Circular walk from bridge 9 tops | holtsd | 17/04/2022 |
| From Spout Force Car Park. Graystones (Both Summits), Kirk Fell, Widow Hause, Broom Fell and Lords Seat with CB | RWG | 16/01/2022 |
| An eight summit 3hr round in the mist from the Visitor Centre using a mix of forestry roads, bike tracks, footpaths and muddy trails. In order of ascent - Tarbarrel Moss, Whinlatter Top, Brown How, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Barf, Ullister Hill, Seat How. | summitter | 14/01/2022 |
| Darling How - Graystones - Graystones (Wainwright) - Widow Hause - Broom Fell - Lord's Seat - Aiken Beck - Darling How. | Mark Jackson | 30/12/2021 |
| Following an overnight stay at Lizzies. Pete and I walked up Barf, then Lords Seat then Broom Hill. Lizzie stayed at home as her family were visiting. | River-Girl | 13/11/2021 |
| With Jo and ernie | studuncan | 13/08/2021 |
| Stuart Marshals route 28. Graystones, Ling Fell, Sale Fell, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat, Barf & Whinlatter. | Stuart Percival | 03/08/2021 |
| Circuit from Whinlatter Forest main carpark. Whinlatter Top -> Brown How -> Graystones (Birkett top) -> Graystones (Wainwright top) -> Widow Hause -> Broom Fell -> Lord's Seat -> Barf -> Ullister Hill -> Seat How. Dry with good views until Broom Fell. Then low cloud and drizzle for the rest of the walk. Visited Wainwright summit cairn at NY 19444 27291 and true summit at NY 19544 27051. | alistairpooler | 31/07/2021 |
| Done as a loop with Lords Seat https://strava.app.link/PH2JwSPRHpb | livvips | 17/07/2021 |