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Top o' Selside
335m (1099ft)

The Southern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England


Record Top o' Selside as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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English Marilyn
114th highest in England,
1322nd highest in Great Britain

Walk Top o' Selside walking UK Mountains in The Southern Marches The Lake District National Park Cumbria, England

Top o' Selside Summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd

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OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


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96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland


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We will be adding easy-to-follow route maps up Top o' Selside very soon.

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Top o' Selside Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Top o' Selside

Mike Walker has walked up Top o' Selside [with] Alone

Colin Egan climbed Top o' Selside on April 5th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started from the small NT car park by Coniston Water, walked up the permissive path to the cart track that runs along the flank of the fell & thence to the top. [with] My wife Faith [weather] Fine. - The first fell on our first proper day of bagging the outlying fells. We did the route back to front to avoid the tough climb up Brock Barrow.

Trevor Williams bagged Top o' Selside on May 23rd, 2017 [from/via/route] Water Yeat [with] Recce for HF

Mark Davidson hiked Top o' Selside on May 9th, 2016 [with] Alone [weather] Warm & sunny, clear blue skies with hardly a cloud but quite a strong wind

Tony Rogerson summited Top o' Selside on November 27th, 2010 [from/via/route] Over Arnsbarrow Hill from Birk Knott [with] Julie Pops & Baz [weather] Sunny but cold - Some snow under foot

Dave Gay conquered Top o' Selside on September 13th, 2015 [from/via/route] Parked at Dodgson Wood. Up via Low Parkamoor to Top o'Selside - Amsbarrow Hill - Stang Hill - High light Haw - Low light Haw - Brock Barrow [with] Jessica

Andy Pearce scaled Top o' Selside on July 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] East of Lake [with] Anita & Stan [weather] Sunny & Warm

Christine Shepherd walked up Top o' Selside on February 20th, 2015 [from/via/route] Walked from High Nibthwaite using Wainwright's Outlying Fells [with] On my own [weather] Dull but clear & mainly dry. - Walking to this summit was not as difficult as Wainwright suggests. Probably this was the best time of the year to go as the bracken was low enough for me to see paths through it to the summit.

Adrian Howard, Louise Sandwith and David Preston have all walked, climbed & bagged Top o' Selside.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Top o' Selside

High Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn

High Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (263)

Arnsbarrow Tarn from Top o' Selside

Arnsbarrow Tarn from Top o' Selside

Photo: Paul Gibson (24)

Cloud over Top o' Selside from Carron Crag

Cloud over Top o' Selside from Carron Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (250)

Top o' Selside summit

Top o' Selside summit

Photo: Mike Knipe (11)

Low Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn

Low Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (262)

Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Photo: Paul Gibson (32)

Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Photo: Paul Gibson (33)

Coniston Water from the summit of Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside) with Beacon (Blawith Fells) prominent (centre) and the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam in the background (right)

Coniston Water from the summit of Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside) with Beacon (Blawith Fells) prominent (centre) and the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam in the background (right)

Photo: Paul Gibson (30)

Allan Tarn from the summit of Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Allan Tarn from the summit of Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Photo: Paul Gibson (31)

Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside) summit cairn with Coniston Water below

Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside) summit cairn with Coniston Water below

Photo: Christine Shepherd (261)

Low Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam in the background

Low Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam in the background

Photo: Paul Gibson (28)

The beacon on the summit of Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

The beacon on the summit of Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Photo: Paul Gibson (29)

The path through the heather on Top o' Selside

The path through the heather on Top o' Selside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (266)

Top o' Selside summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam as a backdrop

Top o' Selside summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam as a backdrop

Photo: Paul Gibson (23)

High Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam in the background

High Light Haw (Top o' Selside) summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam in the background

Photo: Paul Gibson (27)

Coniston Water from the second cairn on Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Coniston Water from the second cairn on Brock Barrow (Top o' Selside)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (264)


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