Height: 192 metres / 629 feet Grid reference: SD 40973 96157 Category: The Outlying Fells

The Far Eastern fells from the top of Brant Fell

Looking south along the mere
Height: 192 metres / 629 feet Grid reference: SD 40973 96157 Category: The Outlying Fells
The Far Eastern fells from the top of Brant Fell
Looking south along the mere
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Start point: Love the Lakes, Ash Street, Bowness on Windermere
Love the Lakes, Bowness-on-Windermere – Post Knott – Brant Fell (OF) – Love the Lakes, Bowness-on-Windermere
Distance: 1.5 miles Total Ascent: 135 metres Time Taken: 1 hour Start Time: 11:10
Weather: Showers. 16C
We had a short walk from bustling Bowness today up to the fell directly behind our back door, Brant Fell. Surprisingly there was no one else up there but this is really a great little walk with a fine view along Windermere even on a day like today when it didn’t look set to be clear.
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Start point: Bowness on Windermere
Bowness on Windermere – Biskey Howe – Post Knott – Brant Fell (OF) – Bowness on Windermere
Distance: 1.8 miles Total Ascent: 145 metres Time Taken: 45 minutes
Weather: Absolutely chucking it down. 8oC
‘It would take a brave person to be on the fells today’ it said on the weather report on Radio Cumbria this morning and I had to agree, the rain was relentless and the wind strong at times. I opted for a smaller walk around Bowness taking in the viewpoints of Biskey Howe and Post Knott (neither of which are named on the map) and a short climb to Brant Fell. The photos today are the polar opposite of the last walk I did and I used the standby camera today as it was too wet to take the main one. It took a while to remember how it worked…
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Start point: Love the Lakes, Ash Street, Bowness on Windermere
Love the Lakes, Bowness-on-Windermere – Post Knott – Brant Fell (OF) – Love the Lakes, Bowness-on-Windermere
Distance: 1.6 miles Total Ascent: 145 metres Time Taken: 40 minutes
Weather: Cold and misty. 1ºC.
I could see there would be a temperature inversion over Windermere this morning so after checking out conditions at the south on the Gummer’s How road, I headed for the shop and from there took a short walk up to Brant Fell. It is easy to forget about the places on your doorstep sometimes and today was a good day to explore Brant Fell a little with the added bonus of being above the cloud.
On the way to Bowness I could tell there would be an inversion over Windermere so I took a short detour up the Gummer's How road to check conditions.
Summer House Knott across Lakeside. After the short drive to Bowness via Love the Lakes, I walked the short distance up Brantfell Road.
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Start point: Brantfell Road, Bowness-on-Windermere (SD 406 967)
Bowness-on-Windermere – Post Knott – Brant Fell (OF) – Bowness-on-Windermere
Distance: 1.2 miles Total Ascent: 110 metres Time Taken: 1 hour
Weather: Warm but very murky. 13oC.
There was more general murkiness again today and time was lacking so we took the dogs for a short walk up to Brant Fell, the Wainwright Outlier above Bowness. Usually there are great views of Windermere from both Post Knott and Brant Fell but the haziness today ruined that to a certain degree – I can’t grumble about being out and about though!
The path to Brant Fell is the start of the Dalesway between Ilkley and Bowness - only 81 miles to go!
Oh dear, it was all a bit murky this morning up on Post Knott but normally you can get a good view of Windermere from here.
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Start point: Brantfell Road, Bowness-on-Windermere (SD 406 967)
Bowness-on-Windermere – Post Knott – Brant Fell (OF) – Bowness-on-Windermere
Distance: 1.2 miles Total Ascent: 110 metres Time Taken: 1 hour
Weather: Grey with drizzle, 11oC.
It was a damp and dreary day today, but still nice to get away from the crowds in Bowness up to Brant Fell after a half-term visit to ‘The World of Beatrix Potter’; the fresh air more than made up for the lack of views.
This walk follows Wainwright’s Brant Fell chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 34.
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Start point: Brantfell Road, Bowness-on-Windermere (SD 406 967)
Brant Fell (OF) from Bowness-on-Windermere
Weather: Sunny and bright.
Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s Brant Fell chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 34.
‘A visitor to Bowness with time to kill, or wishing to escape from the throngs of day trippers, cannot do better than walk up Brant Fell and, in solitude, enjoy its fine prospect of Windermere or a simple scramble on its inviting summit rocks.’ – AW
The Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Great End and the Langdale Pikes from the summit of Brant Fell.
Birkrigg Stone Circle overlooking Morecambe Bay. Someone keeps defacing the stones and it is the subject of much discussion in the local press.