Terrain Overview
Walk Overview
A Jeckyll and Hyde kind of walk as we were to discover. Good paths from the
Car park at Brown Howe (£8.50 for 24 hours) to Beacon Fell, then from Beacon
Fell to Wool Knott, however from Wool Knott to Yew Bank was pathless, confusing,
VERY boggy in parts and for this time of year a large amount of bracken to
hack your way through. Knowing what we now we would have treated
Yew Bank as a separate short walk and started from maybe Troughton Hall
as there seemed to be some kind of discernable path when we finally did
hack our way to the summit which included a scramble up Hodge Wife Gill
The car park at Brown Howe just off the A5084 (£8.50 = 24 hours)
Exit the car park and turn left
The main road is only followed for about 100 yards or so, look out for a
tarmac track that emerges on the right
The tarmac track meanders its way towards the start of the climb
After roughly half a mile look out on the left for a grassy track
that starts to climb gently towards the ridge line
Looking back towards Caw from the path
Further along and the path splits, take the right hand fork and aim for
the scree path (top right)
Approaching the scree path
The scree path gives way to grass as it swings left to approach the summit of Beacon Fell
The summit cairn appears on the left perched on a small ledge
Just walk slightly past the cairn and take a small step up
on to the ledge
Sue on the summit of Beacon Fell. Click here for a 360 degree view
From the summit head off South along a grass track and pretty soon Beacon Tarn
comes in to view with Wool Knott in the background (circled)
The path descends stepply initially as it heads towards the Eastern side of the Tarn
Approaching Beacon Tarn, the path up to Wool Knott is seen
heading up towards the Col
We are now at the Southern end of the Tarn and looking back to Beacon Fell
Right at the Southernmost tip of the Tarn look out for a grassy trod
that climbs up towards the col. Wool Knott is on the left
Roughly at the top of the Col, look out for a very faint path on the left
that leads directly to the summit
Approaching the summit cairn on Wool Knott and quite appropriately
there are some sheep on it (Hence the name ?)
The summit cairn on Wool Knott. Click here for a 360 degree view
Looking North and the track to Yew Bank skirts the left hand side of the Tarn
and heads towards the base of Beacon Fell
The path down the side of Beacon Tarn, easy to follow but gives you a false
sense of security for what follows on - it has to be said
Passing Beacon Tarn
The path carries on past the Tarn and from here becomes confusing
Follow the path through the middle of the areas of high ground
The path swings left and hugs the side of the higher ground on the left
The path swings right and heads for a large area of dense bracken
Ok - so at this point you are now in the lap of the God`s (and your navigation device)
Yew Bank is circled (centre of shot) - how you get there is entirely up to you.
I wont pretend - this is the toughest part of the walk
After wading through most of the bracken and a perilous scramble
up Hodge Wife Gill, some sense of the direction of travel can be seen
The path to the summit initially passes the "ancient cairn"
The ancient Cairn and the now true summit behind
The very welcome sight of the summit cairn on Yew Bank
Sue on the summit of Yew Bank. Click here for a 360 degree view
Looking towards Caw from the summit. Note the wide grass path on the left
It is my belief that if you treated this walk separately, then this track would lead
to the road below and spare you the hell of fighting your way through the bracken