Brae Fell

Overview
Height: 1,820 Feet - 586 Metres
Grid Ref: NY 288 351
Area: Northern
Group@ N/NOS
Ordnance Survey: OL4
Wainwright Guidebook: Five

Brae Fell, with a name that seems a marriage of Scottich and Cumbrian influences, is a last outpost of Lakeland in the north and already the typical characteristics of the district are left behind: the outlook is towards the border - and the name is therefore perhaps not inappropriate.

 

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Brae Fell.

Brae Fell.

Brae Fell summit cairn.


 

There are 6 walks to choose from including Brae Fell

Walking the Birketts, Longlands Fell Little Sca Fell and Brae Fell

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22nd December 2018
ASCENT: 1,675 Feet - 510 Metres
MILES: 4.5
BIRKETTS: 4, Longlands Fell - Lowthwaite Fell - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell
ROUTE: Longlands - Longlands Fell - Lowthwaite Fell - Broad Moss - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Charleton Wath (Ford) - Longlands
 

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 8 The Back O'Skiddaw Fells

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3rd April 2016
ASCENT: 3,617 Feet - 1,103 Meters
MILES: 14.3
WAINWRIGHTS: 8, Longlands Fell - Brae Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Great Calva - Meal Fell - Great Cock Up - Binsey
ROUTE: Over Water - Lowthwaite - Longlands - Longlands Fell - Top of Charleton Gill - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Top of Wiley Gill - Great Calva - Top of Wiley Gill - Frozen Fell - Meal Fell - Great Cockup - Orthwaite Bank - Orthwaite - Overwater Hall - Binsey - Over Water
 

The first snow of winter on the Back O'Skiddaw Fells

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21st November 2015
ASCENT: 2,914 Feet - 889 Meters
MILES: 9.3
WAINWRIGHTS: 6, Longlands Fell - Brae Fell - Great Sca Fell - Meal Fell - Great Cockup - Binsey
ROUTE: Longlands - Longlands Fell - Top of Charleton Gill - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Meal Fell - Trusmadoor - Great Cockup - Orthwaite Bank - Orthwaite - Overwater Hall - Binsey
 

The Uldale Fells from Longlands


23rd August 2014
ASCENT: 2,317 Feet – 707 Meters
MILES: 8.4
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Great Cockup – Meal Fell – Great Sca Fell – Brae Fell – Longlands Fell
ROUTE: Longlands – Stockdale – Orthwaite – Orthwaite Bank – Great Cockup – Trusmadoor – Meal Fell – Great Sca Fell – Little Sca Fell – Brae Fell – Broad Moss – Top Of Charleton Gill – Longlands Fell – Longlands
 

The Uldale Fells

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9th August 2013
ASCENT: 2,401 Feet, 732 Meters
MILES: 11.5
WAINWRIGHTS: 5 Great Calva – Knott – Great Sca Fell – Brae Fell – Longlands Fell
ROUTE: Peter House Farm – Cumbrian Way – Dash Falls – Little Calva – Great Calva – Top Of Hause Gill – Knott – Great Ska Fell – Little Sca Fell – Brae Fell – Broad Moss – Longlands Fell – Longlands – Lowthwaite – Orthwaite – Peter House Farm
 

The Back O’ Skidda

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26th March 2011
ASCENT: 4,153 Feet,  1,266 Meters
MILES: 11.4
WAINWRIGHTS: 7, Bakestall, Great Calva, Knott, Great Sca Fell, Meal Fell, Brae Fell & Great Cockup
ROUTE:  
 

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