Walk c404 Nine Standards Rigg and Whitsundale Beck from Tailbridge Neck
This 9¾ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at B6270 & will take you about 5 hrs to complete.
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| Length: | 9¾ miles (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1467 ft (447m) | |
| Time: | 5 hours | |
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Route outline for this walk:
B6270 - Tailbridge Neck - Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) - Dukerdale Pots - Tollinson Gill - Rollinson Haggs - Boston Gill Head - Nine Standards Rigg - Whitsundale Beck - Ney Gill - Birk Dale - Birkdale Cross - Birkdale Common - Uldale Beck - Lamps Moss - Tailbridge Ne.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 0 Wainwrights |
 1 English Nuttall |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Nine Standards Rigg at 662m (2172ft). Nine Standards Rigg is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (134th highest in England, 229th highest in England & Wales)
Nine Standards Rigg is also known as an English Nuttall (180th highest in England, 306th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (43rd highest in England, 673rd highest in the UK).
The summit of Nine Standards Rigg is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) at 547m (1795ft). Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) is also known as an English Dewey (76th highest in England, 178th in England & Wales)
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