Wetherlam
| Area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County: | Cumbria |
| Country: | England |
| Classification: | Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP, and sub Marilyn (also Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump) |
| Height: | |
| Maps: | OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger |
| Grid Ref: | NY288011 Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km |
| Summit: | cairn - photos |
| Daylight: | dawn 07:40, sunrise 08:22, sunset 16:22, dusk 17:04 |
The Old Man Of Coniston and Wetherlam
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, Danrobinson, ja5ca, gallowshill (twice), hillbilly, Strangerclur, Sylwia J Kociemba, Achandler, TONYL31, gilly_3886, anthbowles, peterb, McLeish, Smoo1610, kierandol, Nottspanther, fellwalker68, chrisfry35 (x4), motley 55, john09cw, On The Rivet, Biscuits17, Stuchlik, drsylvester68, fizzerfox, Chris the rambler, fidds, gill4rolo, Mikew92 (twice), Carolwildbird, CARLOS (x3), ThrowerBell, dsutton101 (twice), Ginty, AGJ64, walsh581, Susanna, beth (x3), StevetheRover (twice), Andy Duff, GraemeLackford, pdr, Shortnick, chipshot, digby, Lancashire Lad (twice), shane1974, Michal7, gbh (twice), Mickha, macca69, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, and springfishblue.
If you need accommodation we have details of 21 properties offering rooms near Wetherlam. Here are some examples:
Visit England Assessed Bed and Breakfast or Guest House
£37-45 per night3.8km (2.3 miles) away
Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
£289-1636 per week4.0km (2.5 miles) away, sleeps 6
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.
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.