Brown Bank

Brown Bank is a locality in Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England. Brown Bank is situated nearby to the locality Thwaite Hill, as well as near Weather Slacks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dent and Flat Fell.

Dent

Peak

Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

Flat Fell

Peak

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Flat Fell is a hill located on the edge of the English Lake District, standing at 272m. It is included in Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland book, sharing a chapter with Dent. Wainwright's clockwise route to the two summits starts at Wath Brow.

Meadley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cleator and Wilton.

Cleator

Village

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cleator is a village in the civil parish of Cleator Moor, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Cleator is located on the edge of the Lake District, with Dent Fell on the skyline to the south east. Cleator is situated 1½ miles west of Brown Bank.

Wilton

Hamlet

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wilton is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the small town of Egremont. In 1870-72 it had a population of 253. Wilton is situated 1½ miles south of Brown Bank.