Walk Route Map c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston

Lakeland's easiest 'big' mountain

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:	2,778ft (847m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston pdf

Route outline for walk c123:

Coniston - Walna Scar Road - Goat's Water - The Old Man of Coniston - Brim Fell - Levers Hawse - Swirl Band - Swirl How - Prison Band - Levers Water - Walna Scar Road - Coniston

Find new companions for walks in North West England

See photos from this walk

Get Directions to the start of walk c123

See our unique interactive walk planning map of The Lake District National Park

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

2
English
Mountains

3
Wainwrights

3
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is The Old Man of Coniston at 802m (2633ft). The Old Man of Coniston is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (41st highest in England, 75th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 30).

The Old Man of Coniston is also known as an English Nuttall (48th highest in England, 90th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (14th highest in England, 387th highest in the UK).

The summit of The Old Man of Coniston is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Swirl How at 802m (2633ft). Swirl How is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (40th highest in England, 74th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 32).

Swirl How is also known as an English Nuttall (47th highest in England, 89th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Brim Fell at 796m (2612ft). Brim Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 37).

Brim Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (52nd highest in England, 98th highest in England & Wales).

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland

97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston

In no particular order . . .

Low water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Chris Leonard (11)

On The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Eddie Davies (1)

Great Carrs from Swirl How

Photo: Stephen Dawson (14)

Levers Water and Boulder Vally from Levers Hawse

Photo: Alister Storey (1)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - My wife and I on top of Brim Fell summit on a hazy hot July 7th 2013 with Coniston Old Man in the background

My wife and I on top of Brim Fell summit on a hazy hot July 7th 2013 with Coniston Old Man in the background

Photo: Stephen Ellaby (6)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (10)

Coniston Water from Swirl How

Photo: Nick Snape (20)

Coniston from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Booth (2)

Lake Coniston

Photo: Liz Halpin (7)

Wetherlam from Swirl How

Photo: David Hayter (176)

Red Gill Beck ravine SE of Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (10)

On the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (13)

Brim Fell End reflected in Levers Water

Photo: Carol Furniss (1)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - Lake Coniston under a temperature inversion from the car park at Walna Scar Road

Lake Coniston under a temperature inversion from the car park at Walna Scar Road

Photo: Liz Halpin (8)

Swirl Hause from Swirl How

Photo: Nick Snape (16)

The huge summit cairn on Coniston Old Man

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (8)

Keld Gill Head, Red Dell Head Moss and Wetherlam from Swirl How

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (10)

Coniston Village and Lake Coniston from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Adrian Kingston (4)

Low Water from the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Neil Milling (17)

Swirl How Summit

Photo: David Hayter (177)

The Final Push onto The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Rob Pullan (23)

Goat’s Water from Goat's Hawse

Photo: David Booth (1)

Brim Fell summit cairn

Photo: Karen Todd (1)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Nick Snape (14)

Broughton Moor Inversion from White Maiden and Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (9)

The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Kathy Gledhill (3)

On The Old Man Of Coniston

Photo: Ian Lawrence (10)

Prison Band from Swirl How

Photo: Nick Snape (15)

The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell and Dow Crag from Swirl How

Photo: Stephen Dawson (20)

The Old Man of Coniston summit trig point

Photo: Chris Leonard (10)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - 360 degree panorama featuring Great Gable, Green Gable, Little Scoat Fell & Pillar (distance), Brandreth, Dale Head (Newlands), High Spy, Glaramara, Esk Pike, Great End and Scafell Pike from Base Brown

360 degree panorama featuring Great Gable, Green Gable, Little Scoat Fell & Pillar (distance), Brandreth, Dale Head (Newlands), High Spy, Glaramara, Esk Pike, Great End and Scafell Pike from Base Brown

Photo: Chris Brankin (15)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (3)

The Old Man of Coniston Summit

Photo: David Booth (3)

Dow Crag from Levers Hawse

Photo: David Hayter (342)

Brown Pike from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Hayter (345)

Brim Fell from Swirl How

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (11)

Sheep on Swirl How

Photo: Ian Gaylard (26)

Wetherlam from Swirl How

Photo: Ian Gaylard (24)

On The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (8)

Swirl How summit cairn

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (12)

Wetherlam from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Richard Ratcliffe (1)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (4)

Brim Fell Summit

Photo: David Hayter (343)

The Trig Point on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Christine Shepherd (475)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Steve Brunt (6)

Wet Side Edge and Greenburn from Swirl How

Photo: Ian Gaylard (27)

The Langdale Pikes from Prison Band

Photo: Nick Snape (17)

My friend Annabelle at the summit of Coniston Old Man

Photo: Barry Carr (1)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (7)

Coniston Village and Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Adrian Kingston (3)

Coniston Valley Inversion from White Maiden and Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (8)

Coniston Water from the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (15)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (2)

Black Sails and The Furness Fells from the summit of Swirl How

Photo: Ian Gaylard (18)

Greenburn and Wetherlam from Swirl How

Photo: Ian Gaylard (25)

The huge summit cairn on Brim Fell

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (9)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (1)

Buck Pike and Dow Crag from the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (14)

Blake How reflected in Levers Water

Photo: David Hayter (340)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (5)

Morning Light on Coniston

Photo: George White (22)

Great Carrs from Top of Broad Slack

Photo: Chris Leonard (13)

Leo Villa Memorial, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (11)

Dow Crag from the path to Goat's Water

Photo: Gerry Ball (28)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (6)

The 'Thumbs up' on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (12)

The Dog House, The Monk Coniston Estate, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (13)

Scafell, Scafell Pike, and Great End from White Maiden and Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (7)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - The Scafell Massif featuring Scafell Pike (centre) and Sca Fell (centre left) from Swirl Band between Swirl How and Levers Hawse

The Scafell Massif featuring Scafell Pike (centre) and Sca Fell (centre left) from Swirl Band between Swirl How and Levers Hawse

Photo: Andy Malcolm (232)

Donald Campbell Memorial, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (10)

The tall beacon on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Christine Shepherd (510)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - The Ordnance Survey Triangulation Piller on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

The Ordnance Survey Triangulation Piller on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (7)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - My wife Imogen, my two boys Jonathan and Matthew and me on Coniston Old Man

My wife Imogen, my two boys Jonathan and Matthew and me on Coniston Old Man

Photo: David LeHunte (1)

On the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Phil Jackson (3)

Doing the 'Mobot' on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (11)

Lake Coniston & Coniston Village from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Ian Clarke (2)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Dave Roberts (16)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - The S for Sugar Aircraft Crash Memorial between Swirl How, Great Carrs and Grey Friar

The S for Sugar Aircraft Crash Memorial between Swirl How, Great Carrs and Grey Friar

Photo: David Hayter (178)

The summit cairn on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Adrian Kingston (5)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - Wetherlam, Levers Water and Low Water from the top of The Old Man of Coniston

Wetherlam, Levers Water and Low Water from the top of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Ian Clarke (1)

Goat's Water from Goat's Hawse

Photo: Gerry Ball (29)

Walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston - Crinkle Crags (centre left) with Bow Fell (Bowfell) beyond from near Prison Band below Swirl How

Crinkle Crags (centre left) with Bow Fell (Bowfell) beyond from near Prison Band below Swirl How

Photo: Rob Barklamb (24)

Low Water on the way up The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (9)

Levers Water

Photo: David Hayter (341)

Great Carrs from Swirl How

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (13)

Low Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (6)

Donald Campbell's Grave, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (12)

The Old Man of Coniston from Swirl How summit cairn

Photo: Chris Leonard (12)

The Old Man of Coniston summit from Brim Fell

Photo: David Hayter (344)

Send us your photographs and pictures from your walks and hikes

We would love to see your photographs and pictures from walk c123 The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How from Walna Scar Road, Coniston. Send them in to us as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name and where the picture was taken to:

and we shall do our best to publish them.

(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660 pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)