Binsey

Overview
Height: 1,466ft Feet - 447 Metres
Grid Ref: NY 225 355
Area: Northern
Group N/NOS
Ordnance Survey: OL4
Wainwright Guidebook: Five
Binsey occupies the extreme north-west corner of the Lake District. Beyond is the coastal plain, then the sea, then Scotland; nothing intervenes to interrupt this sweeping panorama. What a domain, and what a throne to view it from.


 

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Binsey and Over Water.

Binsey summit Trig Point and shelter.

 

There are 4 walks to choose from including Binsey

Walking the Birketts, Binsey

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22nd December 2018
ASCENT: 575 Feet -175 Metres
MILES: 2.5
BIRKETTS: Binsey
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
 

A day of two half’s on the Uldale Fells

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14th August 2011
ASCENT: 1,027  Meters, 3,369 Feet
MILES: 11.8
WAINWRIGHTS: 2, Longlands Fell & Binsey
ROUTE:  
 

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