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Hen Comb

Overview

Height:	1,669 Feet - 509 Metres
Grid Ref:	NY 132 181
Area:	Western
Group:	W/LOW
Ordnance Survey:	OL4
Wainwright Guidebook:	Seven
	Following the general pattern of the Loweswater Fells, Hen Comb rises as a long ridge from the valley to a round summit set well back, it is a grassy fell, almost entirely with a rock knuckle.

Map and Photo Gallery

Hen Comb seen over Mosedale.

Hen Comb seen over the Mosedale valley with the Mosedale Holly Tree seen lower right.

Hen Comb and Great Borne seen over Whiteoak Moss.

There are 5 walks to choose from including Hen Comb

Mosedale Horseshoe (Loweswater)

		2nd September 2023
ASCENT:		4,346 Feet - 1, 324 Metres
MILES:		10.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Mellbreak - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Hen Comb
ROUTE:		Loweswater – Kirkgate Farm – White Crag – Mellbreak – Scale Force – Lingcomb Edge – Red Pike (Buttermere) – Little Dodd – Starling Dodd – Gale Fell - Scaw Well – Great Borne – Steel Brow – Floutern Tarn – Whiteoak Moss – Hen Comb - Mosedale Beck – Kirkgate Farm – Loweswater

Walking the Birketts, Hen Comb

		6th May 2019
ASCENT:		1,950 Feet - 594 Metres
MILES:		3.5
BIRKETTS:		Hen Comb
ROUTE:		Loweswater - Church Bridge - Mosedale - Mosedale Beck - Mine Workings - Hen Comb - Little Dodd - Mosedale Beck

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 23 The Loweswater Fells

		9th July 2016
ASCENT:		5,000 Feet - 1,525 Meters
MILES:		15.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		7, Mellbreak - Hen Comb - Gavel Fell - Blake Fell - Burnbank Fell - Fellbarrow - Low Fell
ROUTE:		Loweswater - Kirkgate Farm - White Crag - Mellbreak - Mosedale - Mosedale Beck - Hen Comb - White Oak Moss - White Oak - Gavel Fell - Fothergill Head - Blake Fell - Burnbank Fell - Jenkinson Place - Hudson Place - Grange Lane - Mosser Road - Mosser Fell - Fellbarrow - Low Fell - Crabtree Beck - Mosser Road - Loweswater Road

The Loweswater Fells

		13th April 2013
ASCENT:		2,800 Feet 854 Metres
MILES:		10.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Mellbreak – Hen Comb – Gavel Fell – Blake Fell – Burnbank Fell
ROUTE:		Loweswater – Mellbreak – Hen Comb – Whiteoak Moss – Floutern Cop – Gavel Fell – Blake Fell – Burnbank Fell – Holme Wood – Loweswater Lake- Loweswater

The Loweswater Fells

		31st March 2012
ASCENT:		3,295 Feet. 1,004 Metres
MILES:		9.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Mellbreak, Hen Comb, Gavel Fell, Blake Fell & Burnbank Fell
ROUTE:		Loweswater – Kirkgate Farm – Melbreak – Mosedale – Hen Comb – Whiteoak Moss – Gavel Fell – Fothergill Head – Blake Fell – Burnbank Fell – Holme Beck – Holme Wood – Watergate Farm – Maggie’s Bridge – Loweswater – Kirkstile Inn

Mellbreak And Hen Comb