Walk c317 Cross Fell from Kirkland

This 10¾ mile, Grade 6 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Kirkland & will take about 6 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:10¾mls (17km)
Ascent:2,437ft (743m)
Time:6hrs
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Route outline for walk c317:

Kirkland  -  Kirkland Beck  -  Cocklick Scar  -  Plylier's Gap  -  High Cap  -  Ironwell Band  -  The Pennine Way  -  Cross Fell  -  Crowdundle Head  -  Tees Head  -  Sturba Nook  -  Wildboar Scar  -  Grumply Hill  -  Littledale Beck  -  Cringle Moor  -  Blencarn  -  Blencarn Lake  -  Blencarn Beck  -  Kirk Hill  -  Kirkland



Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Cross Fell at 893m (2931ft). Cross Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (10th highest in England, 28th highest in England & Wales)

Cross Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (12th highest in England, 30th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (5th highest in England, 248th highest in the UK).

The summit of Cross Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c317 Cross Fell from Kirkland

In no particular order . . .

Cross Fell from a cairn on Ironwell Band

Cross Fell from a cairn on Ironwell Band

Photo: Henry Simmons (3)

Cross Fell summit

Cross Fell summit

Photo: Ryan Pearson (1)

Cross Fell summit

Cross Fell summit

Photo: Ryan Pearson (2)

Little Dun Fell and Great Dun Fell from Cross Fell

Little Dun Fell and Great Dun Fell from Cross Fell

Photo: Christine Shepherd (94)

Cuns Fell and Melmerby Fell from Cross Fell's snow clad western edge

Cuns Fell and Melmerby Fell from Cross Fell's snow clad western edge

Photo: Henry Simmons (4)

Great Dun Fell and Little Dun Fell from the tall cairn on Cross Fell summit plateau

Great Dun Fell and Little Dun Fell from the tall cairn on Cross Fell summit plateau

Photo: Henry Simmons (6)

Cross Fell summit trig point

Cross Fell summit trig point

Photo: Henry Simmons (5)

Cross Fell summit

Cross Fell summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (93)

Kirkland Church

Kirkland Church

Photo: Henry Simmons (1)

The Radar Station on Great Dun Fell from the Pennine Way on Cross Fell

The Radar Station on Great Dun Fell from the Pennine Way on Cross Fell

Photo: Martin Robinson (2)


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