Steeple
819m (2688ft)
Steeple is in The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
You can walk to the top of Steeple by using any of these 5 route maps:
Walk c240 Kirk Fell, Pillar and Little Scoat Fell from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Fantastic high level walk with glorious views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75ml (12.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,808ft (1,465m) |
| Time: | 7.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Kirk Fell - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
Walk c130 Haycock and Steeple from Ennerdale Water
High fell walk on less popular paths
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,275ft (998m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water - Char Dub - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Caw Fell - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Great Scoat Fell - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Long Crag - Moss Dub - Lingmell Plantation - Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water.
Walk c101 Pillar and Little Scoat Fell from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
One of Lakeland's finest walks - unmissable
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,782ft (1,457m) |
| Time: | 8.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Dropping Crag - Bell Rib - Over Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
Walk c133 The Netherbeck Round from Greendale
Superb mountain walk on less crowded fells
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,100ft (1,554m) |
| Time: | 9.25hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Greendale Farm - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Gowder Crag - Haycock - Great Scoat Fell - Steeple - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Bell Rib - Dropping Crag - Overbeck Bridge - Wast Water - Greendale Farm
Walk c141 Great Gable and Pillar from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Superb high level route from remote Wasdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,819ft (1,773m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Moses' Trod - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Sty Head - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Kirk Fell - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
Interactive Walking Maps
See Steeple 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 Steeple and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Western 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 Steeple & 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 Steeple
Pete George walked up Steeple on April 25th, 2026 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] Roco [weather] Glorious sunny day
Simon Myerscough climbed it on April 1st, 2026 [from/via/route] Stayed overnight at Wasdale Head Inn, dry & breezy with low cloud most the day, rained heavily on descent of Docree Screes, went down the gully which was a mistake has had a slip & cut my hand & bruised my thigh. [with] Joanne [weather] dry & bright with low cloud
Geoff Hand bagged it on July 3rd, 2025 [from/via/route] Walked the Mosedale round from Burnthwaite Cottage. Pillar, Black Crag, Scoat fell, Steeple, Red Pike & Yewbarrow. One of my toghest days in the lakes, but very enjoyable & rewarding. [with] none [weather] Started off Sunny then cloud, mist, high wind & rain caught me up at Pillar. Some great views before that. - Got a bit confused coming off Scoat fell & picking up the path to Red Pike. Had to use my map compass & watch to find the path.
Ian Ashton hiked Steeple on November 9th, 2024 [with] Solo
Carl Murphy summited on September 23rd, 2023 [from/via/route] Ennerdale [weather] Misty, raining snow windy
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Steeple
Great view of Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable (the rounded dome), Kirk Fell, Pillar (the highest point), Black Crag and Steeple from Lingcomb Edge just below the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Steeple and Long Crag with Crag Fell (sunlit in the distance), Ennerdale Water and Great Borne from Pillar
. . . see all 10 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on, or of, Steeple
Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Steeple
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