The Old Man of Coniston · Coniston Old Man
7 classifications here — Trail 100, Marilyn, HuMP, Simm, Birkett, Synge and Fellranger — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 802.4 m · 2,633 ft
- Prominence
- 417 m
- Grid reference
- SD 27243 97817
- Coordinates
- 54.37066, -3.12145
- County / area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- Lake District S
- OS Landranger
- 96 97
- OS Explorer
- OL6N
- Summit feature
- cairn 12m SE of trig point
- Key col
- NY276027 (385 m)
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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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 54.371, -3.121. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (802 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is cairn 12m SE of trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica NA730/Leica GS15
- Record revised
- 23-Oct-23
- Drop measured from
- NY276027 · 385 m
Classification history: height is for the rock by the edge of the extensive plinth (SD 27237 97832); it is highly probable that higher ground exists under the plinth.
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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Hotel | Pub/bar/nightclub | 4 out of 5 | 2.7 km · E |
| Ship Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 2.9 km · E |
| Black Bull Hotel | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 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.
The The Old Man of Coniston group
18 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with The Old Man of Coniston as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Swirl How | 802 m | 119 m |
| Brim Fell | 796 m | 20 m |
| Great Carrs | 785 m | 23 m |
| Dow Crag | 778 m | 129 m |
| Grey Friar | 773 m | 78 m |
| Wetherlam | 763 m | 146 m |
| Black Sails | 745 m | 38 m |
| Walna Scar | 621 m | 16 m |
| White Maiden | 613 m | 25 m |
| Caw | 529 m | 136 m |
| Pikes | 469 m | 43 m |
| Green Pikes | 420 m | 4 m |
Twelve highest shown, of 18 in the group.
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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brim Fell | 795.9 m | 0.8 km |
| Dow Crag | 778 m | 1 km |
| Walna Scar | 620.8 m | 2.1 km |
| Swirl How | 802.4 m | 2.7 km |
| Grey Friar | 773 m | 2.8 km |
| White Maiden | 612.6 m | 2.8 km |