Some guidebooks however take Graystones to be the eastern summit and Kirk Fell the western top at 1,437 ft.[2] This view is reinforced by the placing of the names on the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 series map.

The North Western Fells occupy the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval swathe of hilly country, elongated on a north-south axis.

The highest ground in this northern sector lies on a ridge running from the Vale of Lorton in the west to the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake in the east.

The ridge then narrows to cross the long saddle of Widow Hause en route for Broom Fell.

The south eastern slopes of the fell and the entire southern flank of Widow Hause are dressed with the conifers of the Darling How Plantation.

The shortest route is from Scawgill Bridge on the Whinlatter Pass road, following the remains of walls and fences direct to the summit.