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Branstree

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Branstree is a 712-metre mountain in Cumbria. It is one of the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It stands within the Lake District National Park.

For more of the same, Branstree NE Top and Selside Pike are close by. The nearest railway station is Staveley, 11.9 km to the south.

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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

2.2 km N · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of Haweswater Reservoir, a reservoir near Patterdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Haweswater Reservoir

Reservoir near Patterdale

England's last golden eagle held on at this remote eastern Lakeland reservoir, which drowned the village of Mardale for Manchester.

4 km N

Photo: Kirkstone Pass, a viewpoint near Rydal in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Kirkstone Pass

Viewpoint near Rydal

The highest road pass in the Lakes open to traffic, climbing from Ullswater past England's third-highest inn.

7.7 km W

Photo of The Kirkstone Pass Inn, a pub near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Kirkstone Pass Inn

Pub near Ambleside

Remote 16th-century inn near the top of the Kirkstone Pass, one of the highest pubs in England, above Ambleside.

7.9 km W

Photo of Brothers Water, a Lake near Patterdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.

Brothers Water

Lake near Patterdale

Below Kirkstone Pass at the head of Patterdale, its name recalls two brothers said to have drowned there.

8 km W