Walk High Street and High Raise from Cow Bridge
Popular mountain walk
This 11¼ mile, Grade 8 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Cow Bridge Car Park in the Lake District & will take you about 8 hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
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| Walk No.: | c128 | |
| Length: | 11¼ miles (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 3843 ft (1171m) | |
| Time: | 8 hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
| Start: | Cow Bridge Car Park* | |
| Walk Type: | High Mountains | |
| Gear Needed: | Full mountain gear including boots, warm layers, waterproofs, food & water, and good weather | |
| Grid Ref: | NY403134 | |
| Sat Nav (Dec): | 54.51222,-2.92394* | |
| Sat Nav (DMS): | 54°30′44″N 2°55′26″W* | |
| What3words: | scarecrow.generals.fire | |
| Postcode: | CA11 0NS† | |
| Car Park Fee: | Pay and display. Free parking for National Trust members. The machine accepts coins and cards. Cashless payment can be made using RingGo (RingGo car park ID:37323) | |
| Car Park: | Small. Only room for 22 well-parked cars. Fills up fast, get there early. | |
| Location: | At the northern end of Brothers Water on the A592 between Windermere and Glenridding. | |
| Local Bus: | Cow Bridge Car Park is on Stagecoach Bus Route 508: Penrith - Windermere. NB Check the current timetable, some buses on this route terminate at Patterdale and do not reach Cow Bridge or Brotherswater | |
| Refreshments: | The Brotherswater Inn, 1 mile south of Cow Bridge Car Park, serves food and drinks | |
Other Walks from Cow Bridge Car Park
Be Adventure Smart
If walking in the Lake District (and anywhere else) please be adventure smart.
Ask yourself 5 questions before you set off:
- Am I confident I have the KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS for the day?
- Do I know what the WEATHER will be like?
- Do I have the right GEAR for the day?
- Do I have enough FOOD & DRINK for the day?
- Do I have all the ESSENTIAL ITEMS for the day?
Note that there is no mobile phone or WiFi coverage in many parts of the Lake District
A dedicated GPS Device can be a good navigational aid, but only if you know how to use it properly. See The Myths and Truths about GPS for Walking and Hiking
* Link opens in Google Maps so you can get directions from your location.
† A rural postcode like this is notoriously hit-or-miss because it covers a large area of ground instead of just a few houses.
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Route outline for this walk:
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
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 5 English Mountains |
 8 Wainwrights |
 7 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 2 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is High Street at 828m (2717ft). High Street is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (32nd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 25).
High Street is also known as an English Nuttall (38th highest in England, 70th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (11th highest in England, 345th highest in the UK).
The summit of High Street is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of High Raise (Mardale) at 804m (2636ft). High Raise (Mardale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (39th highest in England, 73rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 31).
High Raise (Mardale) is also known as an English Nuttall (46th highest in England, 88th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Rampsgill Head at 792m (2600ft). Rampsgill Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (46th highest in England, 84th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 39).
Rampsgill Head is also known as an English Nuttall (55th highest in England, 103rd highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Thornthwaite Crag at 784m (2573ft). Thornthwaite Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd highest in England, 91st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 44) and an English Nuttall (62nd highest in England, 111th highest in England & Wales).
- Kidsty Pike at 780m (2560ft). Kidsty Pike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 46) and an English Nuttall (64th highest in England, 115th highest in England & Wales)
- Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) at 763m (2504ft). Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (63rd England, 109th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 55), an English Nuttall (77th highest in England, 133rd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (19th England, 465th highest in the UK). In Alfred Wainwright's 'Book Two - The Far Eastern Fells' the chapter for Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is entitled simply 'Caudale Moor'.
- The Knott at 739m (2425ft). The Knott is classified as a Wainwright (No. 66)
- Hartsop Dodd at 619m (2031ft). Hartsop Dodd is classified as a Wainwright (No. 126) and an English Nuttall (235th highest in England, 410th highest in England & Wales)
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Hartsop Village with Grey Crag towering beyond from the shores of Brothers Water
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