| Name: | Graystones |
| Hill number: | 2489 |
| Height: | 450.4m / 1478ft |
| 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 (W) |
| Grid ref: | NY 17616 26621 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn on rocky outcrop |
| Drop: | 9.4m |
| Col: | 441m NY1768 2664  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
| Comments: | Birkett is hill 3713 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1036 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Lord's Seat circuit from Scawgill Bridge. 3 of 11 | thekirkie pirate | 02/10/2024 |
| With Alex, walk from Barf | MrD | 10/08/2024 |
| 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 |
| Brown How, Whinlatter, Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill, Lord's Seat, Broom Fell, Graystones, Kirk Fell | Barns150 | 27/12/2023 |
| 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 |
| All very confusing as to where all the tops are on Graystones. So Boo and I just traversed anything that looked like the top of something | Alphaville199 | 29/09/2023 |
| solo walk (with Jess) | jonsutterby71 | 23/09/2023 |
| The Lords Seat Fells. Whinlatter, Barf, Lords Seat, Broom Fell & Graystones. | sms.37 | 09/09/2023 |
| 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. From Scawgill Bridge up the relentlessly steep and straight slope. Why did we do it this way round? | TopCat1959 | 30/07/2023 |
| Steep ascent from Scawgill Bridge, sometimes on hands and knees. Visited highest point first before realising that this is the Wainwright summit. | 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. Definitely better views from the Wainwright summit than the actual summit! /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 |
| Originally went for a walk round winlatter and spout force but seemed rude not to bag this Laura jay and flo x | Lauralj84 | 24/04/2023 |
| 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, 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 |
| Did Greystones in the afternoon after I have finished up Mungrisdale Common. Solo route and got lost on way down. Lizzie's in evening. | River-Girl | 27/01/2023 |
| 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 |
| From Embleton Church. 14 km, 590 m asc. SW to Harrot Farm and E up the track with detour to the summit of Harrot, then onto Embleton High Common (Sy) and S up to Kirk Fell. Onto Graystones (W and B) and down the fence to Widow Hause. Contour NE to cross Wythop Moss and up to Burthwaite Heights and then W to Ling Fell. Down the SW flank to join Tom Rudd Beck and back by Highside Farm and Beckhouse. Cold, sunny, frozen. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720305403425 | SalmonJoe | 21/01/2023 |
| 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. Completion of Wainwrights (round 7) 86 walks, 949 km, 58,500 m asc, 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304865290 | SalmonJoe | 31/12/2022 |
| after tump to SE | Denise | 28/12/2022 |
| With GFE post parkrun. Very wet. | Fionalevey | 05/11/2022 |
| RRDPTH v windy | Richard Tait | 29/10/2022 |
| 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 | |
| Straight up and back from the lay-by by the bridge. Very steep! | re1421 | 03/09/2022 |
| With Lord's Seat, Barf and Broom Fell | Chopperbrown | 18/08/2022 |
| Aiken Beck Horseshoe with Matt and Anna. Tricky fence to climb over and very steep accent. | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Darling How - Graystones - Graystones (Wainwright) - Widow Hause - Broom Fell - Lord's Seat - Aiken Beck - Darling How. | Mark Jackson | 30/12/2021 |
| From S Top | Jim T | 23/12/2021 |
| Alone, from Scawgill Bridge. Dry but blustery. Brutal & dull! | Gazza1951 | 08/11/2021 |
| With Sarah Evans, showers. Parked at visitors centre, followed green trail until the point where we continue up to Lords Seat, along ridge line onto Broom Fell and onto Graystones. Went to various cairns as wasn't sure which was true summit. Descended via steep wall path down edge of Darling How Plantation, where felling and forestry work was occurring. Walked up road to Spout Force waterfall car park, following forest track to base of Whinlatter. Slight deviation from route getting onto Whinlatter as we lost the path, but re found it at the top, along ridge line and descended back into forest and to visitors centre. Managed to get back to visitors centre in time for cake and hot choc. | Ruth Mackay | 04/10/2021 |
| A circular walk from the minor road above Wythop Mill to tick off a few more of my 3rd round Wainwrights. Visited Ling Fell, Graystones (both summits), Kirk Fell, Widow Hause, Burthwaite Heights, Lothwaite, Rivings and Sale Fell. 13.4km with 710m ascent in 3h40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 24/08/2021 |
| 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. | alistairpooler | 31/07/2021 |
| Parked car in a lay-by on the edge of the Whinlater Forest (NY178258). From there is was a very steep climb straight up to Graystones summit, keeping to the left side of the fence. | philip_firth | 29/06/2021 |
| Graystones > Broom Fell > Lord's Seat > Barf | Delta68 | 26/06/2021 |