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Wainwright — Central FellsAlso a Birkett

Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

Grange Fell at 415m (1,362ft) is a rough, rocky summit above the village of Grange in Borrowdale, its craggy knolls and heathery terraces giving a charming, varied walk.

417 m
Height
~2–2.5 h
Typical time
+4
Bonus Birketts
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Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Last reviewed

417 mWainwright — Central Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+4 bonus Birketts within 3 km Care needed in cloud

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 417 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 16° to 14°C, gusts to 36 mph, 4.5 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌦️
16° / 14°
💨 36 mph
🌧 4.5 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
16° / 12°
💨 32 mph
🌧 9.3 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
14° / 5°
💨 29 mph
🌧 2.0 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
16° / 3°
💨 23 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
16° / 4°
💨 14 mph
🌧 5.4 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
🌫️
17° / 5°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 5°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 417 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

Grange Fell (Brund Fell), a Lake District fell
Photo: Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grange Fell at 415m (1,362ft) is a rough, rocky summit above the village of Grange in Borrowdale, its craggy knolls and heathery terraces giving a charming, varied walk. Wainwright described King's How, its summit tor, as a wonderful viewpoint above the Jaws of Borrowdale — one of the finest valley views in the district. The ascent from Grange is short and entertaining, with multiple rocky outcrops to explore. A perfect half-day outing for visitors staying in Borrowdale.

Routes up Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag
14.1 km · ~4.1 hr
Classifications & hill data
Wainwright
Central
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
417 m
Height
1,368 ft
In feet
NY 2646 1627
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

Nearest parking: Watendlath (NT, paid), about 0.9 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (within 3 km)

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

0.8 km WNWKing's How - Grange Fell392 m · Central
2.4 km EMiddle Crag484 m · Central
2.6 km ESEShivery Knott491 m · Central
2.8 km ESEWatendlath Fell (Long Moss)515 m · Central

Routes over Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great CragRevised
14.11 km · ~795 m ascent · loop · ~4–5.5 h
Summits: Castle CragKing's How - Grange FellGrange Fell (Brund Fell)Great Crag (Stonethwaite)

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

The View from Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from Grange Fell (Brund Fell)36 labelled tops shown (2 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell Pike · 10 kmHelvellyn · 8 kmSkiddaw Middle Top · 13 kmBowfell · 10 kmGreat Gable · 8 kmPillar · 10 kmNethermost Pike · 8 kmCatstye Cam · 8 kmRaise · 8 kmFairfield · 10 kmBlencathra · 13 kmSkiddaw Little Man · 12 kmWhite Side · 7 kmGreat Dodd · 9 kmStybarrow Dodd · 8 kmCrag Hill · 8 kmRed Pike · 11 kmLingmell · 10 kmSwirl How · 16 kmGrisedale Pike · 9 kmGlaramara · 6 kmHigh Raise · 7 kmDale Head · 4 kmLong Side · 12 kmLonscale Fell · 11 kmBrandreth · 7 kmColdbarrow Fell · 4 kmHigh Pike · 20 kmHigh Spy · 3 kmStanding Crag · 4 kmHigh Seat · 3 kmBleaberry Fell · 4 kmLord's Seat · 12 kmWhinlatter Top · 11 kmLining Crag · 5 kmSkelgill Bank · 5 kmIll Crag · 10 kmHelvellyn Lower Man · 7 kmHigh Crag · 8 kmCrinkle Crags · 12 kmDollywaggon Pike · 9 kmKnowe Crags · 12 kmWatson's Dodd · 8 kmGrey Friar · 16 kmCarl Side · 12 kmJenkin Hill · 11 kmThunacar Knott · 8 kmGrey Knotts · 6 kmMaiden Moor · 3 kmBell Crags · 4 kmPike of Stickle · 9 kmBarrow · 7 kmBase Brown · 6 kmDodd · 11 kmMiddle Crag · 2 kmCaermote Hill · 22 kmQueensberry · 88 km · a rare clear dayCairn Hill · 100 km · a rare clear day
What you can see from Grange Fell (Brund Fell), by direction
  • North: Skiddaw Lesser Man (11 km), Skiddaw Little Man (12 km), Skiddaw South Top (12 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (13 km)
  • North-east: Watson's Dodd (8 km), Great Dodd (9 km), Knowe Crags (12 km), Gategill Fell Top (12 km), Blencathra (13 km)
  • East: Helvellyn Lower Man (7 km), White Side (7 km), Helvellyn (8 km), Raise (8 km), Nethermost Pike (8 km), High Crag (8 km), Stybarrow Dodd (8 km), Catstye Cam (8 km), Dollywaggon Pike (9 km)
  • South-east: Cofa Pike (10 km), Fairfield (10 km)
  • South: Bowfell (10 km), Shelter Crags (11 km), Crinkle Crags (11 km), Crinkle Crags (11 km), Crinkle Crags (11 km), Crinkle Crags (12 km), Crinkle Crags South Top (12 km), Great Carrs (15 km), Swirl How (16 km)
  • South-west: Great Gable (8 km), Great End (9 km), Ill Crag (10 km), Lingmell (10 km), Broad Crag (10 km), Pillar (10 km), Scafell Pike (10 km), Scafell (11 km), Red Pike (11 km)
  • North-west: Crag Hill (8 km), Grisedale Pike (9 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Queensberry (88 km, Scotland), Ballencleuch Law (95 km, Scotland), Hods Hill (97 km, Scotland), Cairn Hill (100 km, Scotland), White Hill (71 km, Scotland).

Computed from terrain in perfect clarity, not photographed · distances are straight-line.

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

What you can see from Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
61Wainwrights in view+4 marginal
—Sea in viewnone from here
All 61 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Castle Crag, Great Crag (Stonethwaite), High Tove, High Seat, High Spy, Maiden Moor, Bleaberry Fell, Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot, Cat Bells (Catbells), Dale Head, Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Walla Crag, Grey Knotts, Glaramara, Base Brown, Causey Pike, Brandreth, Barrow, High Raise (High White Stones), Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit), White Side, Green Gable, Watson's Dodd, Helvellyn, Raise, Great Gable, Nethermost Pike, Stybarrow Dodd, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Catstye Cam, Thunacar Knott, Latrigg, Great End, Dollywaggon Pike, Great Dodd, Pike of Stickle, Grisedale Pike, Lingmell, Bowfell, Pillar, Scafell Pike, Fairfield, Lonscale Fell, Dodd (Skiddaw), Scafell, Red Pike (Wasdale), Skiddaw Little Man, Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Barf, Carl Side, Lord's Seat, Pike of Blisco, Long Side, Ullock Pike, Cold Pike, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Grey Friar, High Pike (Caldbeck)

How Grange Fell (Brund Fell)’s view compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

Sightlines from a bare-earth terrain model (forests and buildings not included), corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Best parking to hike Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

Watendlath (NT, paid) — 0.9 km from summit (straight line)
End of the narrow Watendlath road — Grange Fell, Great Crag, Armboth fells.
Directions
Rosthwaite (NT, paid) — 1.3 km from summit (straight line)
Village car park for the central Borrowdale fells and Watendlath ridge.
Directions
🚺 Rosthwaite Village (189m) — Free · Accessible☕ The Flock-in

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag route:

🛖 map (8 m)🚺 map (11 m)🚌 General Store (N bound) (68 m)🚌 General Store (S bound) (82 m)🚌 Howe Lane End (S bound) (337 m)🚌 Howe Lane End (N bound) (339 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to Grange Fell (Brund Fell) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).
Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Interactive route maps and photos load here for visitors with JavaScript. Data from Strava.

Navigating Grange Fell (Brund Fell) in cloud

Care needed

A broad, gently-sloping top with little to steer by — easy to lose your bearings and hard to relocate in mist. Take care in poor visibility — carry map and compass, and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Grange Fell (Brund Fell) compares with all 214 — the Clag Index: navigating in cloud. A relative, deliberately cautious guide; the site can’t navigate for you.

Other fells near Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

Maps & guidebooks for Grange Fell (Brund Fell)

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