Middle Dodd
654m (2146ft)
Middle Dodd is in The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
You can walk to the top of Middle Dodd by using any of these 4 route maps:
Walk c312 Red Screes from Brothers Water
Fine views of Brothers Water
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,373ft (723m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Smallthwaite Band - Red Screes - Broad Crag (Scandale) - Scandale Pass - Caiston Beck - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge Car Park
Walk c351 Red Screes and Little Hart Crag from Brothers Water
Superb views of Brothers Water
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,737ft (834m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Smallthwaite Band - Red Screes - Broad Crag (Scandale) - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Caiston Beck - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge Car Park
Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water
Superb views of Brothers Water and Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,699ft (1,127m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Smallthwaite Band - Red Screes - Broad Crag (Scandale) - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge Car Park
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 Middle 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 Middle Dodd and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The 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
You can find Middle Dodd & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Middle Dodd
Sarah Gunn walked up Middle Dodd on April 16th, 2026 [with] Martin Gunn
Pete George climbed it on February 28th, 2026 [from/via/route] Brothers Water [with] Roco [weather] Light snow on tops
Sarah Moore bagged it on December 30th, 2025 [from/via/route] c351 route - but started at Sykeside as staying in the bunkhouse. East start & don't feel like I've missed anything! [with] A day on my own - not done that in a while. [weather] Great winter conditions. Clear to start until I got to Red Screes but the cloud came in & I even felt a touch of snow! Perfect but very cold & essential to be wrapped up properly. - Loved it - it felt slow; particularly going up Middle Dodd, but this was never about racing & it was so icy & slippery in places. I did NOT expect the view as I hit the Red Screes trig - & to be able to see to the coast... just wow. Not many people out - didn't see anyone for an hour & a half, & only 5 groups all the way round - perfect.
Simon Myerscough hiked Middle Dodd on November 26th, 2025 [from/via/route] Started from Sykeside Camp site, paid £5 for parking & used toilets there. Beautiful day, cold sunny some ice on tops but not much. [with] Joanne [weather] No wind & cold & very sunny - gorgeous
Jason Aspinall summited on May 1st, 2025 [from/via/route] Brothers Water [weather] Sunny
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Middle Dodd
Me, Wainwright bagging, at the top of Middle Dodd with Brothers Water and Place Fell in the distance
Middle Dodd with Place Fell, Angletarn Peaks and Hartsop Dodd beyond Brothers Water in the valley below from Red Screes
Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Snarker Pike, the Scandale Valley and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
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