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TP5468 - Place Fell
Logged Visits:
Parked at old church in Martindale today's round included Beda fell,Heck crag,Angle tarn pikes and Place fell. today sunny with no or very little wind visibility excellent fells looking magnificent holding lots of snow still.Trig in good nick plug missing orienteering punch marker attached to top real rough craggy summit cannot get much better than this.
lovely fell with fantastic views, nice stone built trig
Old Man thought we were mad leaving Patterdale in cloud and hailstones, but optimism paid off as it all cleared just as we reached trig to reveal superb all-round views. Very cold so legged it pretty quickly to Sleet Fell and off end of ridge to Sandwick, then back along lakeshore in sunshine and wonderful autumn colours. Stone built; spider stamped JLC SEC (as Muncaster Fell but VC was clearly absent on this occasion!); no cap or plug and centre tube filled with concrete; NE s/hole open; otherwise vgc.
Fog!!!View got better??G/LD-027
There seems to be a policy of commercial greed on the part of the local hotels and businesses in Patterdale regarding parking. Having apparently purchased adjacent spare land, day visitors are charged £4 or £4.50 to park, and face a charge of £75 to unclamp their vehicle if they do not comply. For folk refusing to succumb to such unwelcoming protection rackets, there is free parking in and around Patterdale for those prepared to seek it out. Followed RoW out of village via NY395161 to Side Farm. Routes up Place Fell are clearly mapped, approached summit from south. Stonebuilt secondary station pillar in good condition. Completed in April 1950 costing £33.17s.9d. Spider centre open but hole filled with concrete. Flush bracket faces 338° (NNW). Vented through NE sight hole. 360° panorama lost to low cloud and drizzle on day of visit. Met the Littlewoods on the way up here, by chance. Anybody who is anybody in trigging / hillwalking / climbing circles knows Sue & Trevor.
Stunning views
Excellent weather. Up from Patterdale via Boredale Hause. Return via High Dodd, Sandwick and along the side of Ullswater.
Best trig logged to date nice walk up from Patterdale.Great views all way round.
Great views
Walked up from Patterdale. Great Views, plug missing.
They don't come much better except for the missing plug.
Another great Lakes trig. Stayed at Patterdale YHA the night before and walked up from there. The crowds dissapated after I left the coast to coast path. Met a couple with their 18 month collie Bryn on top. Walked on to take in 4 Birketts but bottled out of the last one as the heat was overpowering and there was no breeze. Dropped down to the Ullswater path and cooled off by dipping my feet in the lake.
A great walk
Fairly stiff pull to top 60 mph wind, plug missing trig on rocky knoll, great wiews especialy helvellyn.
Birketts CLF walk E/MAR1 Parked in the hamlet of Sandwick > Low Birk Fell > Birk Fell > The Knight > Place Fell rocky summit topped with a trig point OS data NY 40560.125 16952.531 @ 657.148m (S5957) > High Dodd > Sleet Fell > Sandwick
With Pete37038 who has a lot to answer for after genning me about this website!
Gnarly summit, top views, as good as it gets.
Excellent view of Helvelyn in Snow
Local stone. Stunning views in all directions. Met a sandwich horse on the way up. Missing plug
Walked up from Glenridding and then onto to Howtown, before catching the boat back. A lovely walk with fantastic views. Even time for my brother to get a pint and me the best value pot of tea at the hotel/public bar in Howtown before the boat left.
Walked up from Patterdale YHA on a moody but clear day.
Rather wet & windy day. Visited with Sally & Bill
Not the best of the Wainwrights, but pretty good nonetheless. Located on a point giving super views of Ullswater, the Patterdale valley and west towards the Helvellyn range. We ascended from Patterdale via Boredale Hause, crossed Boredale Beck at Garth Heads and returned to the Hause via Beda Fell, 9 miles of high winds and severe rain - nice! Trig is solidly built from local stone and looked in good condition considering the weather it must get.
Ascended from Patterdale and returned along the superb Ullswater path from Sandwick. Good views today despite some pesky cloud. Trig on a wonderful little crag with a little scramble to the top. Great place. Beware the lakeside path back to Patterdale from Sandwick, it contains the biggest thorn bushes I have ever seen, to my hands cost!
Found while caching
Climbed up from Patterdale on a lovely hot summers day. Bit of a slog up from boredale Hause to Round How as they were relaying the paths, and had left big sacks full of boulders in the way. It was a tricky scramble over the rocky summit up to trig for me as I only have short legs, but still made it with a helping shove up the bottom from my dad!
Climbed on a scortching July day, hazy views towards the Helvelyn range.Fantastic.
A lovely summers day
Visited on a Wainrighting trip.
A fine walk up from Sandwick then along to Angle Tarn and down to Hartsop for a wander along Ullswater. Sadly no views at the trig as visibility down to about 30 yards. Trig stands on a razor back ridge, which was a bit slippery today - fine location for a fine trig.
vgc, slender stonebuilt pillar. No cap: centre hole has been filled or closed with mortar, leaving screw thread clear. Fine rocky summit, great hill, lovely views, sunset was a bit of a washout - red glow. Up via Bikr Fell (a possible new 500m summit I reckon). Easy rapid descent in time for the LDWA Hillwalkers Register annual dinner.
A handsome masonry pillar standing proud on an outcrop of rock. Views all round are extensive. Today was a busy one with at least a dozen people at the summit when I arrived.
Long walk today visiting Trigs on Place Fell & Loadpot Hill, Parked Patterdale walked up to Boredale Hause (nice rainbow pic from here) and on to Place Fell (great all round views ) back down to Boredale Hause then up to the beautiful Angle Tarn, I saw three Herds of Deer along this section of the walk wonderful ! onwards skirting Rest Dodd up to The Knott with nice views looking down on to Hayeswater then on to High Street at Rampsgill Head ( lovely views down Martindale from here ) northwards along High Street passing High Raise,Raven Howe,Red Crag,Wether Hill (glimpses of Haweswater reservoir along this section ) and on to Loadpot Hill ( again good views all round ) a quick decent to Howtown just in time to catch the boat back to Glenridding (nice Cuppa on the boat) then a short walk to Patterdale and the car
Place Fell holds a special affection for us as it's the first mountain climbed and trig point reached by us all as a family 25 years ago,todays visit was for the purpose of visiting the SOTA cache near the summit,a wonderful late summer walk.
On a circular walk from Glenridding, great views of Ullswater
Took part in Orienteering event around Angletarn Pikes, start/finish up at Boredale Hause. Pity to waste climb up from Patterdale.
Good walk starting in Patterdale, also bagged High Dodd, Sleet Fell, Low Birk Fell, Bleaberry Knott on Birk Fell and The Knight
2nd visit, 1st in daytime. what a day! the temperature in the sun felt like 20 degrees, out of the sun was about-2.Awesome
Just a perfect view!Letterbox nearby
a bit misty today but found ok
Sleet Fell, High Dodd, Place Fell then return to Garth Head, Boredale...cool and dampish.
Very nice view after a tiring walk up from the campsite. GPSr said the exact same height as map.
This trig is on one of the many walks we do each year whilst on holiday in Martindale Valley.
A nice walk up from Howtown and on a weekend hardly saw anybody even though it was an ideal day for walking. A proper stone built trig point.
only visit was an overnighter!
One of my favourit fells,and the first Lakes fell I climbed back in the early 70's.always a good walk.
one of these superb Lake District days, gazing down on Ullswater. The pillar is made of red sandstone blocks
Lovely march day with full sunshine...
Latest visit - ferry to Howtown, up from Sandwick and down to Patterdale. The rake up from Side Farm campsite is more fun.
Retrospective Logging of this trig from when I reached this summit whilst doing the Wainwrights. This was to have been my 214th and final wainwright on my 40th birthday. However foot and mouth had closed the Western fells (re-opened 1st Aug 2001), so I celebrated being 40 on Place Fell with champagne, then the following dayy completed the final 6 wainwrights!
A single "Nuttall" summit walk.
Above date is most recent of three visits, the first being on 13/04/1981. A magical mountain.
Climbed from Patterdale via Boredale Hause.Excellent views over Ullswater.
A great fell with great views. On this occasion rather dull-ly climbed to and from Boredale Hause. Spotted red squirrel on lake path around N side of fell.
Westmorland. Climbed with my two daughters. We parked at Sandwick, walked to Howtown and caught the ferry to Glenridding. Returned to the car over Place Fell. It was a great day out in warm sunshine.
Local stone.
Dropped family on Ullswater ferry at Pooley Bridge, then drove to Rooking & legged it up & down in <1hr! Views simply awesome, especially to NE.
Retrospective log. Visited when doing Wainwrights.
Quick stroll from Boardale Hause
done during new year stat at threkeld
Pennines to E, dull views of Penrith area, Cloud down to 2,800' obscured NW, SW and S. |
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Place Fell Panorama
3rd Mar 2012 18:33 by 
Holding on for dear life!!
The Trig
Place Fell (view from Canoe on lake/river) 
Tarn
TP5468
GPS reading
The Trig
Trig
view to helvellyn
Place Fell trig.
Place Fell
Jon and me at the Trig
Place Fell Trig
Place Fell Flush Bracket
Imposing trig statue
Trig plate with highlighted number
Pillar
Place Fell trig and Summit crag
Trig
You can almost see it :)
Place Fell
Rainbow 
Fell Ponies at 2000 feet up Place Fell.
Near Place Fell summit.
adambro with the Trig Point
Me and son 1 enjoying the views on a perfect day.
Place Fell Summit