Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Branstree

711.5 m

2,334 ftDrop 137 mNY 477 100

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBranstree711.5Selside Pike655Harter Fell (Mardale)779Tarn Crag (Sleddale)663.9Kentmere Pike730.5
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBranstree711.5Selside Pike655Harter Fell (Mardale)779
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Branstree is a Lake District fell of 711.5 m in Westmorland and Furness. Its key col leads to High Street, not to its nearest higher summit, Harter Fell (Mardale).

Its drop of 137 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. The highest point is recorded as ground 80m nw of end of wall, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit711.5 mKey col574.5 msea level
Key col NY 4746 0934, 0.7 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

711.5 m89th highest of 242 in England

Drop

137 m909th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.9 km817th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Selside Pike1.7 km north-east
    655 m
  2. 2779 m
  3. 3
    Tarn Crag (Sleddale)2.4 km south-east
    663.9 m
  4. 4
    Kentmere Pike2.5 km south-west
    730.5 m
1234Selside PikeHarter FellTarn CragKentmere PikeN1 km

Lists

  • 81st highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 145th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 114th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Harter Fell (Mardale), 779 m, 1.9 km west
Parent Marilyn
High Street
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Ground 80m NW of end of wall
DoBIH no.
2550
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Branstree

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