Hartsop Dodd
619m (2031ft)
Hartsop Dodd is in The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
You can walk to the top of Hartsop Dodd by using any of these 4 route maps:
Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop
Fabulous (shorter) high level walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,131ft (954m) |
| Time: | 5.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Caudale Head - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - Gray Crag (Hayeswater) - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge Car Park
Walk c128 The Hayswater Round from Hartsop
Popular mountain walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,843ft (1,171m) |
| Time: | 8 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Caudale Head - Stony Cove Pike - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - The Knott - Hayeswater Reservoir - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge Car Park
Walk c272 High Street and Angletarn Pikes from Brothers Water
Fantastic high level ridge walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,889ft (1,185m) |
| Time: | 8½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Stony Cove Pike - Caudale Head - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - The Knott - Angle Tarn (Martindale) - Angletarn Pikes - Boredale Hause - Patterdale
Walk c162 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water
Long high level route with one very steep climb
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,501ft (1,676m) |
| Time: | 10½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Caudale Head - Pike How - St Raven's Edge - The Kirkstone Pass - Red Screes - Smallthwaite Band - Middle Dodd - Broad Crag (Scandale) - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Little Hart Crag - Scandale Head - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge Car Park
Interactive Walking Maps
See Hartsop Dodd and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Maps:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers' Maps might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
See Hartsop Dodd and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Far Eastern Fells of The Lake District National Park
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The Whole of The Lake District National Park
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You can find Hartsop Dodd & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Hartsop Dodd
Nick Tippins walked up Hartsop Dodd on May 11th, 2026 [from/via/route] c231: Stony Cove Pike & Gray Crag from Hartsop [with] Fran
Neil Heywood climbed it on May 10th, 2026 [from/via/route] Kirkstonw via stoney cove pike [with] logan Heywood, [weather] sunny
Martin Hartshorne bagged it on April 24th, 2026 [from/via/route] Hartsop [with] finley [weather] Blue skies sunshine & barely a breeze all day. Stunning
Simon Myerscough hiked Hartsop Dodd on August 23rd, 2025 [from/via/route] C231 - From Hartsop found a farmers field to park for £5 just as you go into the village. Steep start up onto the ridge on Hartsop Dodd. Had dinner at Thornthwaite Crag, decide to stay high onto High Street to bag Brock Crags [with] Joanne [weather] No wind & quite warm
David Higginbottom summited on April 29th, 2025 [from/via/route] Walk 231 very nice walk [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear & nice
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Hartsop Dodd
The Brothers Water Valley from Kirkstone Beck on the lower slopes of High Hartsop Dodd
Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes above Brothers Water from High Hartsop Dodd
The lower slopes of Hartsop Dodd (left), Caudale Head, The Kirkstone Pass and High Hartsop Dodd (right, behind the tree) reflected in Brothers Water in the snow
. . . see all 24 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on, or of, Hartsop Dodd
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