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Name:Black Fell
Hill number:2508
Height:323m / 1060ft
Parent (Ma):2667  Top o' Selside
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Leven (Ulverston)
Class:Hump, Tump (300-399m), Wainwright, Birkett, Synge,
Fellranger, Clem
(Hu,Tu,3,W,B,Sy,Fel,Cm)
Grid ref:NY 34022 01592
Summit feature:rock 1m W trig point
Drop:126m
Col:197m  SD331986  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 90
(1:25k) OL7N
Observations:rock 55m N of trig point (NY 34041 01641) is as high
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 1293 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Park Fell, Black Fell, Holme Fell, Birk Fell Man, Wetherlam, Lad Stoneskeithouk18/02/2024
Ambleside YH-Todd Crag-Fox How-Lanty Scar-Loughrigg Fell-Little Loughrigg-Park Fell-Black Fell-Ambleside YHcampagvelocet24/01/2024
R Richard Tait23/12/2023
Storm Babet. 7 hrs on my feet covering 21 km linking 12 low hills (5 repeat tumps & 7 new sub-tumps) on a circuit from Knipe Fold. Took a battering from Storm Babet from the met office forecast of 'Gales or severe gales northeasterly winds, even at lower levels and stormy on the tops' - particularly exhausting when ploughing through bog, dead bracken, tussocks, heather and across rocks, as well as going uphill! Outing achieved its purpose of being my final tough day before OMM in 8 days. Heavy rain needles hit me here head on - ran on down good grassy path to Park Hill trying to lose height and lessen the wind ferocity. The Met Office describe Gale force winds (gusts over 50mph) 'as making walking difficult and strenuous with a potential to be blown over by gusts. There is often a marked increase in winds through cols or on exposed ridges and summits. Distances can take longer to cover' Very true - often tricky & risky trying to stand on rocky summits today.Chris Pearson20/10/2023
Loop from the drunken Duck Inn at Barngates - Black Fell, Tarn Howes, Holme Fell, Lingmoor Fell, Elterwater, Skelwith Bridge. 24km, 1144m ascent, 5h40Rockdoctor12/08/2023
R Richard Tait05/08/2023
Small parking area near Borwick Lodge (skinner how lane) Cumbrian way opposite, followed up through Iron Keld and on to the top - lovely cairn and trig, cracking viewsmatty1971b26/07/2023
Parked at the NT car park at Glen Mary Bridge, took in top and a full circuit of Tarn Hows. Late afternoon start but a fine walkkenmorti11/06/2023
R Richard Tait08/06/2023
With Inge, Catherine and Liz. Lovely walk from Tarn Howes. 4.7 miles 717 ft elevationnell158321/05/2023
Part of a steady 10-miler, following a double BGR recce the day before.NumptyDumpty14/05/2023
Nice easy route from skelwith bridge. Lovely fell topemily19/04/2023
R Richard Tait15/04/2023
Loop from tarn hows. Holme Fell and Black Fell. 3 hrsLongwojo11/02/2023
solo, from Raw Head.Cumbrianexile27/01/2023
Wainwright Walk 34: Spider (Black Fell & Holme Fell)DavidHiner19/01/2023
Clear/overcast.Amanda&JamesExplore14/01/2023
A nice loop taking in Tarn Hows.Hirta06/12/2022
From Hill Fellvia path to right of Torver Intake and permissive path through Iron Keld Plantation KeithByTheC06/12/2022
Along ridge from Park Fell then west to pick up path and walk back to Skelwith Bridge to catch bustrimarc219/11/2022
R Fantastic Nov weather Richard Tait12/11/2022
A late afternoon walk from the Tarn Howes car park, after the rain abated. Still very and murky. 6.8km with 200m ascent taking 1h 45m.silverwolf_alan29/10/2022
SFWCgeoffryan23/10/2022
From Glen Mary parking on A593.NormanW21/10/2022
A loop from the Tarn Hows CP, taking in Tom Heights, Black Fell, Park Fell, Great How and Holme Fell, finishing with a climb up past the waterfalls in spate.summitter17/10/2022
Parked at 32856 01823, up the track opposite to Black Fell and across to Park Fell before manufacturing a route back. About 1 hour 25 mins.clivevilla16/10/2022
Loop from Skelwith Bridge for 3Ws.atreides788718/09/2022
7.2 mile circular from the car park west of Tarn Hows. We followed a lovely trail through woods up to Tarn Hows then followed paths across to Black Fell. We descended west and after ending up on a wrong path that disappeared into a bog, We found the correct path by Hollin Bank to the road. We then followed mostly tracks past High Oxen Fell farm and found our way up onto Holme Fell. We then descended to Yew Tree Tarn, back to the car park. 555m ascent. Only a few people about. Sunny conditions becoming overcast and then becoming sunny again. Great views of the higher mountains from both summits.DanTrig16/09/2022
From Tarn Howes carbpark.dombenson04/09/2022
Climbed with Zoe and Martha.neilblair35319/08/2022
From Glen Mary Bridge. 11 km, 520 m asc. Up by Harry Guards Wood and Uskdale Gap to Holme Fell summit. N dowto the BW and join the High Oxen Fell track to Hollin Bank. S on the BW and NE alon gthe path to Black fell summit. Back by the Tarn Hows Cumbria Way path and the Glen Mary Waterfalls. Hot, sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720301415215SalmonJoe14/08/2022
From Yew Tree Tarn via Uskdale Gap to Holme fell then on to Black fell -ascent via High Arnside farmbenarbia no 309/08/2022
From Glen Mary car park. Nice waterfall.electricratman08/08/2022
From Glen Mary Bridge car park, via waterfalls to Tarn Hows, north through Iron Keld Plantation then north-east over the tops to Black Fell. On the return leg, deviated onto Cumbria Way north to Oxen Fell High Cross then took low path back via Yew Tree Tarn.stevem7603/07/2022
From Tarn Hows car park.JasonStark20/06/2022
Lovely day. Up from Glen Mary Bridge with Jack, Ben and Soph.jeffpl10/06/2022
Black Fell/Black Crag, Tarn Hows, Holme Fell circularBarns15007/06/2022
Tarn hows / Black fell. Start and finish at NT Tarn hows car parkfroddy01/06/2022
R Richard Tait23/05/2022
walked with Cath, Rob & Suzanne Spencer.jonsutterby7115/05/2022
Climbed Black Fell and Holme Fell with Andrew the day before his birthday and my intro to wild swimming in Windermere!jackfowler13/05/2022
With Dad and PeterM0YDH21/04/2022
From Tarn How's CP with Julia, Oscar, Boris and the Bobsterytfckent12/03/2022
From Glen Mary Car Park, up past Tom Gill, Tom Heights and Black Fell, back around Tarn Howesphilz00808/03/2022
Run from Skelwith Bridgerambler_gary04/03/2022
Pete and I climbed Black Fell walked back to the car, drove to Holme Fell and did that one immediately afterwards. Nice weatherRiver-Girl27/02/2022
From Elterwater - back via Colwith FallsAJF10/02/2022
Climbed with dad, Rita, Phil and Ted. Black fell then Holme fell.Daisy Dee16/01/2022
From Tarn Howes car park. Easy walk with a fantastic view from the summit seeing several of the lakes. Return by similar route but on other side of tarn. With Donna, Ben, Rory and Sally.Victor21/10/2021
From Tarn Howes. With Victor, Donna, Rory and Sally.Ben21/10/2021