The Old Man of Coniston

Also known as:	Coniston Old Man
Area:	Lake District - Southern Fells
County:	Cumbria
Country:	England
Classification:	Wainwright, Birkett, Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall, and HuMP (also County Top - Historic, Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump)
Height:	802.4m
Maps:	OL6(N) Explorer or 96, 97 Landranger
Grid Ref:	SD272978         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:	cairn 12m SE of trig point - photos
Daylight:	dawn 07:29, sunrise 08:09, sunset 16:40, dusk 17:20

The Old Man is the highest of the Coniston Fells ... perhaps until it and Swirl How are measured with modern GPS equipment as their heights are rather close. It towers over the village of Coniston to the east, to the north east is the Coppermines Valley: an area of ancient copper and slate mining. Further mines can be found on the lower southern slopes.

The Old Man appears in Arthur Ransome's book Swallowdale renamed as "Kanchenjunga".

The Old Man can be climbed from Coniston, or the handy parking area at the end of the Walna Scar Road. The main ascent route being a track for the most part until the final section that is steep and eroded. Some rather fine less popular alternatives exist.

The Coniston Fells are situated in the Furness region of Cumbria.

Why not try walking up this hill using one of our walks:

• The Old Man of Coniston
• The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How, Wetherlam
• The Old Man of Coniston, from Coniston village

... or, if you've walked it already, why not log on or register and record your walk?

Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: abbyrich1965@aol.com, Achandler, adgl (twice), AGJ64, ahampson (twice), Andy Duff, anthbowles, awall, Becky28, beth, Biscuits17, budgie, Burgpa, CarlandHay, CARLOS (x9), Carolwildbird, ccoleby, cejackson1951, CEW, Chris the rambler, chrisandbex, chrisfry35 (x8), clmyers, craig808, DANE2766, Danrobinson (x3), DaphneLibby, darby1963, darrendixon, Darrenh, Dave Martin, dbirch (twice), demig, digby (twice), distantecho, domusmantell, Drpjohnston, drsylvester68, dsutton101 (twice), DukeNukem, duncbarnes (twice), Econ, Ejuk (twice), encho, euant, fellwalker68 (x3), fidds (twice), finndougal, fizzerfox (twice), frothyraptor, gallowshill (x4), gbh (x3), geordiegary, gerainta, gerard.hurst (x10), gill4rolo, Gillian7660, gilly_3886, Ginty, goth_angel, GraemeLackford, griff44, Hannahfw, hillbilly (twice), Hillwalker68, Howdo, i2am2no2man, Iainp21, ianjhardie, ja5ca, James82, JamieL, jasonkirkby, jdennington, jegger, Jennie, JimRiley, john09cw, Jojo777, Jrule_vision, JSutton (x3), karroo22, kierandol, Kingskerswell, kwetal, Lancashire Lad (twice), lancashirelass2, Lenny0018, lfaulder, luverlyjuberly, mattmanutd, McLeish, Michal7, mickeyg, Mickha, mikedowsett, Mikew92, motley 55 (twice), MrAndyG, Nottspanther, On The Rivet, Paperballpark, patrickonthefells, peterb (x4), Peterfishwick, Pop17, rampton60, rileyjayde, Rosehip (twice), RuslandRambler (x4), s.lee90, sammc, Samndigger, samross, Samrust, ScoutScarShuffler, Scuba6936, shane1974, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk (x3), Shortnick, Spacemonkey (twice), spookyfish, springfishblue, Squareybee, Stephenmshanks, Steve1607, StevetheRover (x4), Stoney, Strangerclur, Stuchlik, Suecash (twice), Susanna (twice), sushiwalkies, Sylwia J Kociemba (twice), ThrowerBell, tiamaria, Tirama, Tony Roberts, TONYL31, TonyRogerson, Traverse (twice), vinmac, vonnieflossy1, walsh581 (twice), Westcoasthiker , wolfgangb, XanderPY, Yeti, and yorkmunrobagger.

In our forum you can read the following walk reports which include this hill:

• 14/09/19 - Lancashire Lad - Wet Side Edge to Dow Crag - (and a Brocken Spectre).
• 23/06/19 - Yeti - Coniston Old Man

If you need accommodation we have details of 25 properties offering rooms near The Old Man of Coniston. Here are some examples:

4 Visit England Assessed Bed and Breakfast or Guest House

Orchard Cottage, Coniston

£37-45 per night
3.0km (1.9 miles) away

3 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage

Hall Dunnerdale Cottage, Broughton-in-furness

£320-1411 per week
4.8km (3.0 miles) away, sleeps 4

4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage

Browside, Coniston

£1476-6594 per week
3.3km (2.1 miles) away, sleeps 14

Photo by Rodney Clark and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) licence. For more information about this photo, including on copyright, see the photo's home page.