Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Brim Fell

795.9 m

2,611 ftDrop 19.6 mSD 270 985

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBrim Fell795.9The Old Man of Coniston802.4Dow Crag778Swirl How802.4Grey Friar773
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBrim Fell795.9The Old Man of Coniston802.4Dow Crag778
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Brim Fell is a Lake District fell of 795.9 m in Westmorland and Furness. It rises only 19.6 m above its key col, 2.5% of its height.

It shares its height of 795.9 m with Beinn Bhan (Highland, NN140857). The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south-east at 776.4 m. Its nearest higher summit, The Old Man of Coniston, is also the hill its key col leads to. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 96 and 97.

To scale

Summit795.9 mKey col776.4 msea level
Key col SD 2711 9824, 0.3 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

795.9 m40th highest of 242 in England

Drop

19.6 m1101st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.8 km1086th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1802.4 m
  2. 2
    Dow Crag1.1 km south-west
    778 m
  3. 3
    Swirl How2.0 km north
    802.4 m
  4. 4
    Grey Friar2.1 km north-west
    773 m
1234Dow CragSwirl HowGrey FriarN1 km

Lists

  • 37th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 55th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
The Old Man of Coniston, 802.4 m, 0.8 km south
Region
34D: Lake District S
OS map
96, 97
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2636
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Brim Fell

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