Howes

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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. Wainwright's route starts at Swindale Head and follows Swindale Beck, then passes over Nabs Moor at 1,613 feet to reach the summit of Howes at 1,930 feet, dropping down to Mosedale Beck to complete an anticlockwise circuit. Wainwright states that Howes is "merely a subsidiary and undistinguished summit on the broad eastern flank of Barnstree. There is nothing exciting about it..." but commends the sight of Mosedale quarry and the waterfalls of Swindale Head which he describes as "extremely fine, up to Lodore standard". ()

Coordinates: 54°29'10"N, 2°46'34"W

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

2.3 miNW
Lake
Haweswater Reservoir
60 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...
3.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kentmere Reservoir
92 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.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Cliff, Natural attraction
Rampsgill Head
96 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.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blea Water
79 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.
3.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Street
92 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
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Branstree
33 min walk • Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir.
3.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wet Sleddale Reservoir
88 min walk • Wet Sleddale Reservoir is an artificial reservoir set amongst the Shap Fells 4 kilometres south of the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, and lies just within the boundary of the Lake District National Park.
2.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Harter Fell
65 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 miSW
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Shipman Knotts, Ambleside
77 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 miS
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Grey Crag
50 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.
0.7 miNW
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Selside Pike
18 min walk • Selside Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between the valleys of Mardale and Swindale in the Far Eastern Fells.