Walk c255 Orrest Head and School Knott from Windermere

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7½mls (12km)
Ascent:	787ft (240m)
Time:	3½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk c255:

Windermere  -  Ellery Woods  -  Orrest Head  -  Near Orrest Farm  -  Mislet Farm  -  Heaning Farm  -  Blackmoss Farm  -  School Knott Plantation  -  School Knott  -  The Dales Way  -  High Cleabarrow Farm  -  Matson Ground  -  Heaththwaite Manor  -  Windermere

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

2 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Orrest Head at 238m (781ft). Orrest Head is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 97)

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of School Knott at 232m (761ft). School Knott is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 101)

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dales Way, a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England with Bowness-On-Windermere in Cumbria, England. The Dales Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dales Way.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c255 Orrest Head and School Knott from Windermere

In no particular order . . .

Lake Windermere (North) from Orrest Head

Photo: Tony Harvey-James (2)

Matson Ground

Photo: Andy Lyons (92)

*Windermere from Orrest Head

Photo: Alan Sturges (1)

School Knott summit

Photo: Andy Lyons (100)

The Windermere Ferry

Photo: Darryl Walters (1)

Windermere from Orrest Head summit

Photo: Ken Anderson (2)

Approaching the top of School Knott

Photo: Andy Lyons (96)

Brant Fell from Matson Ground

Photo: Andy Lyons (95)

Lake Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere from the summit of School Knott

Photo: Andy Lyons (98)

Windermere from the summit of Orrest Head

Photo: Christine Shepherd (79)

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