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Route: Leck Fell House, Three Men of Gragareth, Gragareth, Millstone Hagg, Green Hill, Saddle of Fells, County Stone, Gatty Pike, Great Coum, The Crag, Crag Hill, Richard Man, Casterton Fell, Ease Gill, Leck Fell House
From: Leck Fell House
Parking: Leck Fell House
Start Point: Leck Fell House
Region: Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells
Route length: 8.2 miles (13.2 km)
Time taken: 03:25
Average speed: 2.4 mph
Ascent: 528m
Descent: 529m
Yorkshire 2000s: Gragareth (627m), Green Hill (626m), Great Coum (687m), Crag Hill (862m)
Other points of interest: Ease Gill
A trio of fells makes up a very enticing horseshoe around the valley of Ease Gill, a small stream that feeds Leck Beck and ultimately joins the River Lune near Kirkby Lonsdale. The fells in question are Gragareth, Green Hill and Great Coum - three oft-overlooked fells thanks to their proximity to Whernside and Ingleborough. They are, therefore, very quiet - more than enough reason to go visit.
This walk, much of it un-pathed, starts high up at Leck Fell House, a remote farmhouse at the end of a long, winding lane. There is a small layby close to the gated entrance, enough room for four or so cars though mine was the only one today. This location, even without climbing any hills, commands a vast view over the Lune Valley and includes the distant fells of the Lake District and the shimmering sands of Morecambe Bay.
The view towards the coast from the layby |
Gragareth and the Three Men on the horizon |
The Three Men of Gragareth |
Distance Lake District fells |
View over the Lune Valley |
Approaching Gragareth's summit |
Trig pillar on Gragareth |
Ingleborough |
Ingleborough once again |
The wall running along the top of the fells |
Heading for Green Hill |
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Green Hill |
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Looking back to Gragareth |
The summit of Green Hill |
Great Coum |
Saddle of Fells |
Deepdale |
Great Coum |
Whernside and Ingleborough |
Saddle of Fells and Green Hill |
Ingleborough |
Great Coum's summit |
The cairn on The Crag |
The Howgill Fells |
Aye Gill Pike |
Barbondale |
The Calf |
The fells of the Lake District |
The trig pillar on Crag Hill |
Descending into the valley |
Barbondale |
Richard Man |
Heading for Ease Gill |
Ease Gill |
Ease Gill |
Ease Gill |
The hidden waterfall |
Ease Gill waterfall |
Ease Gill and Crag Hill |
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