Hartsop Dodd
619m (2031ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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You can walk/hike to the top of Hartsop Dodd by using any of these 4 easy‑to‑follow 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 - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Caudale Head - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - Gray Crag (Hayeswater) - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Cow Bridge
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 - 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 - Cow Bridge - Brothers Water.
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 - 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 - 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 - Cow Bridge
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
Less data - quicker to download
The Whole of The Lake District National Park
More data - might take a little longer to download
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.
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
Simon Myerscough walked up 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 climbed it on April 29th, 2025 [from/via/route] Walk 231 very nice walk [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear & nice
James Hughes bagged it on September 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] c231 Stony Cove Pike & Gray Crag from Hartsop [weather] Sunny morning turning cloudy by end - Sharp climb up Hartsop Dodd, beautiful views out over Windermere from Stony Cove Pike. Free carpark at Hartsop
Andrew Gayne hiked Hartsop Dodd on September 5th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Hartsop car park [with] Becky [weather] Cloudy & windy at the top - Walked up from Hartsop & back down again. Originally part of a planned circular route taking in 4 wainwrights but very cloudy & blowy on top with zero visibility so bailed & came back down again. Went up Little Mell in the afternoon instead
Claire Kirk summited on December 26th, 2023 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge car park [with] Sarah and Leigh
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Hartsop Dodd
Ullswater, Place Fell (right - distance) and
Hartsop Dodd (right - mid-distance) from Caudale Head
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