Lake District
Brock Crags
564M
1851FT
About Brock Crags
Sitting above the village of Hartsop, this rugged outcrop offers a surprisingly intricate landscape of heather and rock for its modest height. It serves as a rocky punctuation mark on the high ridge connecting Rampsgill Head to Place Fell, overlooking the deep glacial trench of the Patterdale valley.
Key Statistics
Rank
307th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Far Eastern Fells
Prominence
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27.9
Nearest Town
Patterdale
Geology
The path beneath you is carved from ancient layers of cooled volcanic lava and hardened ash, creating the rugged textures of these crags.
Find It
Latitude
54.5153°N
Longitude
2.8989°W
Did You Know?
- •The name derives from the Old English word 'brocc', meaning badger. It suggests the craggy slopes were once a known habitat for the animals, though the high, exposed summit plateau is now more synonymous with grazing sheep and wind-stunted heather.
- •The western outlook provides a distinctive perspective on the Helvellyn range, while directly below the summit, the dark oval of Brothers Water is framed perfectly by the steep slopes of Hartsop Dodd and Gray Crag.
- •The fell stands just south of Angle Tarn, a high-altitude water body famous for its jagged, peninsula-filled shoreline and two small islands; it is often regarded as one of the most beautiful spots in the Far Eastern Fells.
- •This hill is officially categorised as a Synge, a classification used to identify Lakeland summits with a height of at least 300 metres and a minimum prominence of 30 metres.
- •While the name promises badgers, the most common wildlife you will actually encounter is the Herdwick sheep, an animal that treats the steepest parts of the crags with far more casual indifference than the average walker.