Howes is a subsidiary summit of

Branstree Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir. Topography A circuit of high fells surrounds the head of Mardale, beginning at High Raise in the north ...

in the English Lake District, south east of

Selside Pike Selside Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between the valleys of Mardale and Swindale in the Far Eastern Fells. Topography Mardale ( Haweswater) and Swindale run parallel S-shaped courses, trending generally to the north ea ...

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. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ''

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'' is a 1974 book written by Alfred Wainwright dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Pictorial Guides'' in that each ...

''. Wainwright's route starts at Swindale Head and follows Swindale Beck, then passes over Nabs Moor at to reach the summit of Howes at , dropping down to Mosedale Beck to complete an anticlockwise circuit. Wainwright states that Howes is "merely a subsidiary and undistinguished summit on the broad eastern flank of Barnstree. There is nothing exciting about it ..." but commends the sight of Mosedale quarry and the waterfalls of Swindale Head which he describes as ''"extremely fine, up to

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standard"''.

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