Category: Walks
All of our walks
Sun 26th March – Grasmoor Walk
Starting Point: Buttermere (exact location TBA)
Car Parking: There are plenty of car parking options in Buttermere – National trust, pay & display and off road laybys.
Description: Grasmoor is an imposing fell that dominates the landscape of the North Western fells, where it is the tallest of the group.… Link to read the rest
Sat 18th March Dove Crag – Little Hart Crag – High Hartsop Dodd
Description
After walking along the shores of Brotherswater, we walk up through Dovedale heading towards Dove Crag, calling by the Priest Hole on the way. We will then head towards Little Hart Crag before making our final steep descent down High Hartsop Dodd back to Brotherswater.… Link to read the rest
Sun 19th March – Angletarn Pikes – Brock Crags
Description
From the village we head towards Patterdale on the footpath before heading right onto the bridleway up to Boredale Hause. From here we will gradually climb up to Angletarn Pikes before dropping down to Angle Tarn itself. A final climb up to Brock Crags, the final summit of the day and then head down to Hayeswater Gill and Hartsop.… Link to read the rest
Sun 12th March – Hartsop Dodd & Caudale Moor
Start time: 9:15 (Estimated finish time: 14:30)
Start / Finish: Cow Bridge car park
Grade: Moderate
Length: 6.5 miles / 10.5 km
Description: This is an unreccied route.
Starting from Cow Bridge car park walk along the A592 and branch off to Low Hartsop.
Sun 5th March – Scafell Pike from Seathwaite
Car Parking: Seathwaite NY236123 (free parking on lane)
Start / Finish: End of the lane at Seathwaite, at the farm entrance.
Meet Time: 8.45am
Start Time: 9.00am
Route: A circular walk up the highest peak in England starting from Seathwaite.
From the start follow the path up the valley to Stockley Bridge then continue alongside Grains Gill then up the steepening path beside the ravine of Ruddy Gill. … Link to read the rest
Sun 26th February – Malham Cove & Tarn and Gordale Scar
Sun 19th Feb – High Stile Ridge
Car Parking: National Trust (NY173172) or Lake District National Park (NY172169) car parks in Buttermere
Start / Finish: Fish Hotel , Buttermere (NY172169)
Meet Time: 9.15am
Start Time: 9.30am
Route: Starting from the Fish Hotel in Buttermere, head along the track past the hotel bearing left towards Buttermere lake. … Link to read the rest
Sun 12th Feb – Black Crag & Holme Fell
A leisurely walk of two low level Wainwrights with views of two lakes, two tarns, Cumbria’s deepest hole and some overgrown mine workings.
Distance: 6.5 miles
Time: 4.5 hours with time for plenty of stops
High Point: 322m (Black Crag)
Meet Time: 9.45am
Start Time: 10.00 am
Start Point: National Trust pay and display car park (SD321999) marked by lower red arrow, if you haven’t got national trust membership there’s limited free car parking in lay-by, marked upper red arrow, at Yew Tree Tarn.… Link to read the rest
Sun 5th February – High Street
Description: From Hartsop we’ll head up towards Hayeswater and then The Knott. Remaining at altitude we continue on to High Street, Thornthwaite Beacon and then Gray Crag before dropping down steeply to make our way back to Hartsop. This route gives the opportunity to stay at altitude (above 700m) for a large portion of the walk.… Link to read the rest