Walk c362 Branstree and High Street from Mardale Head
This 11¼ mile, Grade 7 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Mardale Head & will take about 7½ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11¼mls (18km) |
| Ascent: | 3,436ft (1,047m) |
| Time: | 7½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c362:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - Rowantreethwaite Beck - Old Corpse Road - Selside Pike - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Riggindale Crag - Caspel Gate - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Dudderwick - The Rigg - Mardale Head
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 5 English Mountains |
 6 Wainwrights |
 6 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 1 Bridget |
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 Harter Fell (Mardale) at 779m (2556ft). Harter Fell (Mardale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (54th highest in England, 96th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 47).
Harter Fell (Mardale) is also known as an English Nuttall (66th highest in England, 118th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Mardale Ill Bell at 760m (2494ft). Mardale Ill Bell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 59).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) at 713m (2340ft). Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (92nd highest in England, 155th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 82) and an English Nuttall (116th highest in England, 195th highest in England & Wales).
- Branstree (North East Top) at 673m (2208ft). Branstree (North East Top) is known as an English Nuttall (164th highest in England, 277th highest in England & Wales).
- Adam Seat at 666m (2186ft). Adam Seat is known as an English Bridget.
- Selside Pike at 655m (2150ft). Selside Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (139th highest in England, 241st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 110) and an English Nuttall (187th highest in England, 323rd highest in England & Wales).
- Rough Crag (Riggindale) at 628m (2060ft). Rough Crag (Riggindale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (163rd England, 282nd Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (219th highest in England, 382nd highest in England & Wales).
- Eagle Crag at 525m (1723ft). Eagle Crag is classified as a Wainwright (No. 160)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c362 Branstree and High Street from Mardale Head
In no particular order . . .
Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and the shoulder of Lingmell End (Mardale Ill Bell) above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)
The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from The Old Corpse Road on Mardale Common
*High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg
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