Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Base Brown

646 m

2,119 ftDrop 38 mNY 225 114

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBase Brown646Brandreth715Green Gable799.9Grey Knotts697Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit)601.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBase Brown646Brandreth715Green Gable799.9
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Base Brown is a Lake District fell of 646 m in Cumberland. It rises only 38 m above its key col, 5.9% of its height.

Its key col leads to Great Gable, not to its nearest higher summit, Brandreth. It shares its height of 646 m with Craignaw. Its drop of 38 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit646 mKey col608 msea level
Key col NY 221 111, 0.5 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

646 m137th highest of 242 in England

Drop

38 m1066th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.2 km1003rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Brandreth1.2 km west
    715 m
  2. 2
    Green Gable1.3 km south-west
    799.9 m
  3. 3
    Grey Knotts1.4 km north-west
    697 m
  4. 4601.1 m
1234BrandrethGreen GableGrey KnottsSeathwaite FellN1 km

Lists

  • 117th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 236th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 170th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Brandreth, 715 m, 1.2 km west
Parent Marilyn
Great Gable
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2439
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Base Brown

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures