Walk Information

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Walk route: Brown Howe - Beacon Fell - Beacon Tarn - Brown Howe

Distance: 3.50 miles

Ascent: 800ft

Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Sunny intervals

Comment: We followed A. Wainwright's 'Beacon Fell' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 98]

Route Map

route map
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Photos

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Beacon Fell, part of the Blawith Fells, from near Brown Howe
Beacon Fell, part of the Blawith Fells, from near Brown Howe

Looking across Coniston Water to Top O' Selside
Looking across Coniston Water to Top O' Selside

A. Wainwright's rocky gully, Beacon Fell
A. Wainwright's rocky gully

Looking north to Lakeland's high fells from Beacon Fell's summit
Looking north to Lakeland's high fells from Beacon Fell's summit

Coniston Water from Beacon Fell's summit
Coniston Water from the summit

The Dunnerdale Fells from Beacon Fell's summit
The Dunnerdale Fells from the summit

Beacon Tarn
Beacon Tarn

Coniston Water from Brown Howe
Coniston Water from Brown Howe

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