Branstree

#2961 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir. ()

Coordinates: 54°28'57"N, 2°48'26"W

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Branstree – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Haweswater Reservoir, Kentmere Reservoir, Rampsgill Head, Blea Water.

2.4 miN
Lake
Haweswater Reservoir
61 min walk • Nestled in the verdant landscape of the Lake District in England, Haweswater Reservoir is a testament to both human ingenuity and the serene beauty of nature. This expansive reservoir was created in the 1930s with the construction of the Haweswater Dam, primarily...
2.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kentmere Reservoir
60 min walk • Kentmere Reservoir is a water storage facility situated in the Kentmere valley in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located 10.5 kilometres north-northeast of the town of Windermere.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Cliff, Natural attraction
Rampsgill Head
73 min walk • Rampsgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir in the Far Eastern Fells. It forms the focal point of three ridges which fan out north-east, north-west and south.
1.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blea Water
48 min walk • Blea Water is a tarn or corrie lake which occupies a glacially excavated hollow immediately to the east of High Street in the Lake District, England. At just over 200 feet deep, it is the deepest tarn in the Lake District.
2.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Street
61 min walk • High Street is a fell in the English Lake District. At 828 metres, its summit is the highest point in the far eastern part of the national park. The fell is named after the possible Roman road which ran over the summit.
1.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Harter Fell
33 min walk • Harter Fell is a fell in the far eastern part of the English Lake District. The summit at lies the meeting point of three ridges, and Harter Fell forms the head of three valleys: Mardale, Longsleddale and the valley of the River Kent.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Yoke
82 min walk • Yoke is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It has a height of 706 m and is situated in the far eastern sector of the national park, 6½ kilometres ENE of the town of Ambleside.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hayeswater
82 min walk • Hayeswater is a small lake within the Lake District of Cumbria, England. The lake is situated about a mile SE of the hamlet of Hartsop in the Patterdale Valley.
2.3 miS
Hill
Shipman Knotts, Ambleside
60 min walk • Shipman Knotts is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria, England. It reaches a height of 587 metres and is situated in one of the quieter areas of the national park, 2 kilometres north-east of Kentmere village.
2.1 miSE
Hill
Grey Crag
54 min walk • Grey Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the east of Longsleddale in the Far Eastern Fells. There is another fell named Gray Crag in the Lake District near Hartsop.
1.3 miE
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Howes
33 min walk • Howes is a subsidiary summit of Branstree in the English Lake District, south east of Selside Pike in Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.