Coniston Old Man

Coniston Old Man is one of the best known Lakeland Fells and, being on the southern fringe of the mountains, offers grand views over Morecambe Bay. It is the highest of the Coniston Fells, overtopping their apex Swirl How by a single metre.

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Region: Southern Fells

Altitude: 2633 feet

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Coniston Old Man
Photo ©Harry Wilson
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Users' walk reports for Coniston Old Man

There are 4155 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Coniston Old Man. They have contributed 42 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  22/5/72  31
  15/9/20  9
  10/9/20  8
  17/5/14  6
  27/7/12  6
  14/1/17  5
  14/1/17  4
  10/7/13  4
  22/12/19  3
  14/4/18  3
  9/4/16  3
  17/10/16  2
  22/5/16  2
  15/1/16  2
  20/9/15  2
  19/9/12  2
  11/8/12  2
  21/10/23  1
  24/6/20  1
  25/8/19  1
  3/1/16  1
  30/9/12  1
  24/3/12  1
  28/1/12  1
  29/9/11  1
  19/8/10  1
  28/3/10  1
  9/3/09  1
  21/6/22  0
  24/6/21  0
  2/9/17  0
  29/5/13  0
  24/5/13  0
  27/12/12  0
  17/9/11  0
  5/6/11  0
  27/10/10  0
  4/4/10  0
  23/2/10  0
  10/5/09  0
  13/1/09  0
  5/6/08  0

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