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'''Brant Fell''' is a hill in [[Westmorland]], accounted by Wainwright as one of the outlying fells of the [[Lake District]].  It stands near [[Bowness-on-Windermere]], overlooking [[Windermere]].  Its summit stands at just 629 feet above sea level.
'''Brant Fell''' is a hill in [[Westmorland]], accounted by Wainwright as one of the outlying fells of the [[Lake District]].  It stands near [[Bowness-on-Windermere]], overlooking [[Windermere]].  Its summit stands at just 629 feet above sea level.


The fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=The Outlying Fells of Lakeland|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|pages=34-35|chapter=Brant Fell}}</ref> Wainwright's route is an anticlockwise circuit which leaves Bowness along the path of the Dales Way. He commends its "fine prospect of Windermere".
The fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland''.<ref>{{Wainwright|O}}</ref> Wainwright's route is an anticlockwise circuit which leaves Bowness along the path of the Dales Way. He commends its "fine prospect of Windermere".


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Latest revision as of 16:32, 7 June 2017

Brant Fell
Westmorland

Brant Fell, with Windermere in the background
Range: Lake District Outlying Fells
Summit: 625 feet SD410961
54°21’25"N, 2°54’34"W

Brant Fell is a hill in Westmorland, accounted by Wainwright as one of the outlying fells of the Lake District. It stands near Bowness-on-Windermere, overlooking Windermere. Its summit stands at just 629 feet above sea level.

The fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.[1] Wainwright's route is an anticlockwise circuit which leaves Bowness along the path of the Dales Way. He commends its "fine prospect of Windermere".

References

  1. Wainwright, Alfred: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells,