England · Lake District National Park

Brim Fell

WainwrightNuttallBirkettSyngeFellranger

3 classifications here — Birkett, Synge and Fellranger — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Brim Fell, 796 m, Westmorland and Furness
Brim Fell, 796 m, Westmorland and Furness. Photo by Freddyj66 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Height
795.9 m · 2,611 ft
Grid reference
SD 27076 98557
Coordinates
54.37728, -3.12420
County / area
Westmorland and Furness
OS Landranger
96 97
OS Explorer
OL6N
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
SD 2711 9824 (776.4 m)

About Brim Fell

Brim Fell stands west of Coniston village in the southern Lake District, reaching 795.9 m. It is a Wainwright, Nuttall and Birkett.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Brim Fell (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.

General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 54.377, -3.124. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (796 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Brim Fell
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Sun HotelPub/bar/nightclub4 out of 53 km · E
HerdwicksRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.2 km · E
Black Bull HotelPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 53.3 km · E

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Brim Fell is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to The Old Man of Coniston (802 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 776 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
The Old Man of Coniston802.4 m0.8 km
Dow Crag778 m1.1 km
Swirl How802.4 m2 km
Grey Friar773 m2.1 km
Great Carrs785 m2.4 km
Black Sails745 m2.5 km