Walk c384 Grayrigg Forest from Hause Bridge

This 4½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Hause Bridge Parking Area & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:4½mls (7km)
Ascent:1,214ft (370m)
Time:3hrs
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Route outline for walk c384:

Hause Bridge Parking Area  -  Grayrigg Pike  -  Grayrigg Forest  -  Repeater Station  -  Borrowdale Wood  -  Hause Bridge Parking Area



Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains
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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Marilyn
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Grayrigg Forest at 494m (1621ft). Grayrigg Forest is classified as an English Marilyn (80th highest in England, 994th highest in the UK). The summit of Grayrigg Forest is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL19 Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c384 Grayrigg Forest from Hause Bridge

In no particular order . . .

Grayrigg Forest summit trig point with The Howgill Fells in the background

Grayrigg Forest summit trig point with The Howgill Fells in the background

Photo: Mike Walker (109)

The large stone and information board mark the layby at Hause Bridge

The large stone and information board mark the layby at Hause Bridge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (826)

Telecommunications Mast from the Trig Point on the summit of Grayrigg Forest

Telecommunications Mast from the Trig Point on the summit of Grayrigg Forest

Photo: Marilyn Bagger (3)

The M6 Motorway and a Wind Sock on the lower slopes of Grayrigg Forest

The M6 Motorway and a Wind Sock on the lower slopes of Grayrigg Forest

Photo: Mike Walker (104)

Birk Knott, Jeffrey's Mount, The M6 Motorway, Powson Knott, Blease Fell, Fell Head (Howgills) and The Howgill Fells from Grayrigg Pike (Grayrigg Forest)

Photo: Mike Walker (105)

Grayrigg Forest summit trig point

Grayrigg Forest summit trig point

Photo: Robert Hall (62)

The view south-east and west from the summit of Grayrigg Pike (Grayrigg Forest)

Photo: Mike Walker (108)

Blease Fell from Borrowdale Wood

Blease Fell from Borrowdale Wood

Photo: Mike Walker (97)

Grayrigg Pike (Grayrigg Forest) summit cairn with Blease Fell in the background

Grayrigg Pike (Grayrigg Forest) summit cairn with Blease Fell in the background

Photo: Mike Walker (106)

Trig Point on the summit of Grayrigg Forest

Trig Point on the summit of Grayrigg Forest

Photo: Marilyn Bagger (2)


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