England/Scotland border · Northumberland National Park

Brownhart Law

Height
508 m · 1,667 ft
Grid reference
NT 78797 09380
Coordinates
55.37797, -2.33615
County / area
Northumberland/Scottish Borders
OS Landranger
80
OS Explorer
OL16W
Summit feature
no feature: ground 10m N of fence
Key col
NT776079 (443 m)

Access rights here

Border hill

This hill sits on the England–Scotland border, so different access law applies on each side: Scotland's right of responsible access to the north, England's CRoW framework to the south.

Daylight at this summit today

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Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 55.378, -2.336. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (508 m)…

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

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is no feature: ground 10m N of fence. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
NT776079 · 443 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

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 Brownhart Law
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Forest View Walkers InnHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 57.1 km · S
Byrness HotelPub/bar/nightclub3 out of 57.3 km · S
Barrowburn Tea RoomRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen4 out of 58 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

Brownhart Law is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to The Cheviot (816 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 443 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
Thirl Moor558 m2.1 km
Ravens Knowe527 m3.3 km
Hungry Law501 m5.2 km
Beefstand Hill562 m6 km
Shillhope Law501 m8.5 km
Windy Gyle619 m8.9 km