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| The LDNP car park at Brown Howe by the shore of Coniston Water on the A5084 is the starting point for this walk |
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| We turn onto a narrow lane which is a little under a hundred yards to the south of the car park. There is room to park a few cars a short distance further along the A5084 |
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| The lane provides one of the many access points to Blawith Common a Special Area of Conservation |
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| Beacon Fell soon comes into view |
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| Looking back to Top o' Selside |
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| The lane leads to the isolated Stable Harvey Farm |
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| Top o' Selside and Arnsbarrow Hill across the Stable Harvey Farm's pasture fields |
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| After walking along the lane for about three quarters of a mile we leave it for a path which drops down to cross Black Beck |
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| Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man from the path above Black Beck |
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| Caw across Stable Harvey Moss from the path above Black Beck |
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| Top o' Selside and Arnsbarrow Hill from the path above Black Beck |
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| The path leads directly to the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| Looking back to Stable Harvey Farm on the slopes of Coats Hill |
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| The path crosses a couple of minor streams on its way to the summit |
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| Looking back a long line of fells come into view incuding Helvellyn, Fairfield, Dove Crag, Red Screes, High Street and Ill Bell |
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| Approaching the craggy outcrops below the summit |
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| Looking across to the Dunnerdale Fells |
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| Looking back from higher on the path to Spy Hill across Coniston Water |
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| The path passes through a stony gully to the right of first outcrop |
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| Looking back down the gully |
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| The Coniston Fells from the gully |
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| The summit comes into view on reaching the top of the gully |
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| Approaching the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| The summit of Beacon Fell |
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| The summit cairn on Beacon Fell |
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| Black Combe from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| Buck Barrow, Burn Moor and Whit Fell across Yew Bank from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| Caw from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| The Coniston Fells from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| The head of Coniston Water from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| Top o' Selside and Arnsbarrow Hill across the middle reaches of Coniston Water from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| The foot of Coniston Water from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| The Crake Valley and Morecambe Bay from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| Looking south to Kirkby Moor and Blawith Knott from the summit of Beacon Fell |
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| Beacon Tarn is not visible from the summit but can be brought into view by walking 150 yards in the direction of Blawith Knott |
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| Beacon Tarn |
