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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10mls (16km) |
| Ascent: | 3,584ft (1,092m) |
| Time: | 7hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c222:
Coniston - Church Beck - Levers Water Beck - Crowberry Haws - Low Water - Brim Fell - Levers Hawse - Swirl Band - Swirl How - Prison Band - Swirl Hawse - Keld Gill Head - Black Sails - Red Dell Head Moss - Wetherlam - Furness Fells - Coniston
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is 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).
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).
You will also reach the summit of Wetherlam at 763m (2504ft). Wetherlam is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (64th highest in England, 110th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 56).
Wetherlam is also known as an English Nuttall (78th highest in England, 134th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Black Sails at 745m (2445ft). Black Sails is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (71st England, 125th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (88th highest in England, 153rd highest in England & Wales).
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Old quarry workers dwellings at Crowberry Haws near the foot of The Old Man of Coniston
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