Wetherlam

Area:	Lake District - Southern Fells
County:	Cumbria
Country:	England
Classification:	Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, Nuttall, and HuMP (also Fellranger, Synge, and Sim)
Height:	763m
Maps:	OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:	NY288011         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:	cairn - photos
Daylight:	dawn 06:25, sunrise 07:01, sunset 19:07, dusk 19:43

Overlooking Coppermines Valley to the south, and Wrynose pass to the north, it is the most northern of the Coniston Fells. A small cairn perched on rocks marks the summit.

Wetherlam appears in Arthur Ransome's book Swallowdale renamed as "Grey Screes".

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

• The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How, Wetherlam
• Steel Edge and Wetherlam Edge, from Tilberthwaite
• Wetherlam, via Lad Stones ridge and Black Sails

... 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: samross, adgl, DukeNukem, ja5ca, gallowshill (twice), hillbilly, Strangerclur, TONYL31, anthbowles, peterb, kierandol, motley 55, john09cw, On The Rivet, Biscuits17, drsylvester68, Chris the rambler, fidds, gill4rolo, Mikew92, Carolwildbird, CARLOS (x3), ThrowerBell, dsutton101 (twice), Ginty, AGJ64, walsh581, Susanna, beth (x3), Andy Duff, GraemeLackford, pdr, Shortnick, chipshot, digby, Lancashire Lad (twice), shane1974, Michal7, gbh (twice), Mickha, and macca69.

If you need accommodation we have details of 24 properties offering rooms near Wetherlam. Here are some examples:

4 Visit England Assessed

Lakeland House, Coniston

£95-170 per night
3.8km (2.4 miles) away

3 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage

The Ticket Office, Coniston

£329-647 per week
3.8km (2.4 miles) away, sleeps 2

4 Visit England Assessed

Monk Coniston, Coniston

£78-145 per night
4.0km (2.5 miles) away

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.