The Old Man of Coniston is a Lake District fell of 802.4 m in Westmorland and Furness. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.
Its drop is the 7th greatest among the Wainwrights, behind Scafell Pike at the top. It counts towards five lists: Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns and county tops. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. It shares its height of 802.4 m with Swirl How. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Swirl How (802.4 m) and Kirk Fell (802 m). Its nearest higher summit, Crinkle Crags South Top (834 m, 7.1 km north), is a listed top not profiled here. Its other name is Coniston Old Man. The summit is marked by a trig point. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 96 and 97.
