Walk c203 Ashness Bridge, Surprise View, Watendlath, Rosthwaite and The River Derwent from Barrow Bay (Derwent Water)
This 9¾ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Barrow Bay (Derwent Water) & will take you about 4¼ hrs to complete.
Route outline for walk c203:
Barrow Bay - Derwent Water - Ashness Bridge - Surprise View - Watendlath - Bracken Platt - Puddingstone Bank - The Cumbria Way - Rosthwaite - River Derwent - High Hows Wood - Low Hows Wood - Broadslack Gill - Hollows Farm - Borrowdale Gates - Ellers Beck Lodore Falls - Barrow Bay - Derwent Water
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
![]() 0 English Mountains |
![]() 0 Wainwrights |
![]() 0 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 0 Marilyns |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c203 Ashness Bridge, Surprise View, Watendlath, Rosthwaite and The River Derwent from Barrow Bay (Derwent Water)
In no particular order . . .
The Skiddaw massif along with Walla Crag (to the right) from the southern end of Derwent Water
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