Walk Route Map c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from Coniston

Walk c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from Coniston

A less crowded route up The Old Man

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7½mls (12km)
Ascent:	2,762ft (842m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c254:

Coniston - Walna Scar Road - Boo Tarn - The Old Man of Coniston - Brim Fell - Levers Water - Boulder Valley - Crowberry Haws - Miners Bridge - Coniston

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
English
Mountain

2
Wainwrights

2
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

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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 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).

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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):

96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland

97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from Coniston

In no particular order . . .

The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Kathy Gledhill (3)

The Old Man of Coniston Summit

Photo: David Booth (3)

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

Photo: Christine Shepherd (510)

The huge summit cairn on Coniston Old Man

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (8)

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

Photo: Dave Roberts (12)

Low Water from the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Neil Milling (17)

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

Photo: Ian Clarke (1)

Low Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (6)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Steve Brunt (6)

My friend Annabelle at the summit of Coniston Old Man

Photo: Barry Carr (1)

Lake Coniston

Photo: Liz Halpin (7)

Old mine buildings above Crowberry Haws

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (4)

On The Old Man Of Coniston

Photo: Ian Lawrence (10)

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

Photo: Dave Roberts (11)

Coniston Valley Inversion from White Maiden and Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (8)

Walk c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from 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)

Broughton Moor Inversion from White Maiden and Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (9)

On The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Eddie Davies (1)

The Final Push onto The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Rob Pullan (23)

The Old Man of Coniston summit trig point

Photo: Chris Leonard (10)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (1)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (3)

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

Photo: Gerry Ball (7)

Brown Pike from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Hayter (345)

Coniston Water from the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (15)

The Dog House, The Monk Coniston Estate, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (13)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (6)

The summit cairn on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Adrian Kingston (5)

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

Photo: David LeHunte (1)

Donald Campbell Memorial, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (10)

The Old Man of Coniston summit from Brim Fell

Photo: David Hayter (344)

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

Photo: Christine Shepherd (475)

Walk c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from Coniston - Old quarry workers dwellings at Crowberry Haws near the foot of The Old Man of Coniston

Old quarry workers dwellings at Crowberry Haws near the foot of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Glynn Trueman (20)

Hydro Dam in Coppermines Valley, near Miners Bridge, above Coniston

Photo: George White (25)

Brim Fell End reflected in Levers Water

Photo: Carol Furniss (1)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Nick Snape (14)

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

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (7)

Coniston Village and Lake Coniston from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Adrian Kingston (4)

Brim Fell summit cairn

Photo: Karen Todd (1)

Lake Coniston & Coniston Village from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Ian Clarke (2)

Coppermines Valley from near the Miners Bridge, Coniston

Photo: David Hayter (338)

Levers Water

Photo: David Hayter (341)

Morning Light on Coniston

Photo: George White (22)

Snow on The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Mulvey (4)

Leo Villa Memorial, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (11)

Brim Fell Summit

Photo: David Hayter (343)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (10)

Red Gill Beck ravine SE of Walna Scar

Photo: Gerry Ball (10)

Boulder Valley (Coniston Fells)

Photo: David Hayter (339)

Quarry Workings below Levers Water from near the Miners Bridge, Coniston

Photo: David Hayter (337)

Low Water on the way up The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (9)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Dave Roberts (16)

Disused mine entrance above Crowberry Haws

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (5)

Blake How reflected in Levers Water

Photo: David Hayter (340)

Coniston from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: David Booth (2)

Old mine equipment above Crowberry Haws

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (3)

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

Photo: Liz Halpin (8)

Low water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Chris Leonard (11)

Donald Campbell's Grave, Coniston

Photo: Edward Felstead (12)

On the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Dave Roberts (13)

Walk c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from 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 (2)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (5)

On The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (8)

The huge summit cairn on Brim Fell

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (9)

Wetherlam from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Richard Ratcliffe (1)

On the summit of The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Phil Jackson (3)

Coniston Village and Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston

Photo: Adrian Kingston (3)

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

Photo: Dave Roberts (14)

Coniston Water from The Old Man of Coniston summit

Photo: Darryl Larvin (7)

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