Walk c422 Hooksey, Randygill Top and Green Bell from Bowderdale Foot

This 9¾ mile, Grade 6 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at BowderdaleFoot & will take you about 5¾ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:

Length:9¾miles (15.5km)
Ascent:2,159ft (658m)
Time:5¾hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 (Hard) Icon
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Route outline for walk c422:

BowderdaleFoot  -  BowderdaleHead  -  Hooksey  -  Ravenstonedale Common  -  Leathgill Bridge  -  Randygill Top  -  Stockless  -  Spongill Head  -  Green Bell  -  Randygill Top  -  BowderdaleBeck  -  BowderdaleHead  -  BowderdaleFoot


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Walk c422 is on these Interactive Walk Planning Maps (worth a look if you've never seen one of these superb, free-to-access, walk planning maps)


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountain
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Wainwrights
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1
English
Nuttall
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2
English
Deweys
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Wainwright
Outlying Fells
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Marilyns
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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Randygill Top at 624m (2047ft). Randygill Top is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (165th highest in England, 286th highest in England & Wales)

Randygill Top is also known as an English Nuttall (224th highest in England, 389th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Green Bell at 605m (1985ft). Green Bell is also known as an English Dewey (5th highest in England, 10th in England & Wales) The summit of Green Bell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

You will also reach the summit of Hooksey at 586m (1923ft). Hooksey is also known as an English Dewey (23rd highest in England, 58th in England & Wales)

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The Yorkshire Dales National Park


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 Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland


OS Landranger 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c422 Hooksey, Randygill Top and Green Bell from Bowderdale Foot

In no particular order . . .

Randygill Top summit cairn

Randygill Top summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (221)

The small cairn on the summit of Hooksey

The small cairn on the summit of Hooksey

Photo: Christine Shepherd (777)

Looking towards Green Bell from Leathgill Bridge

Looking towards Green Bell from Leathgill Bridge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (779)

Green Bell Summit Trig Point

Green Bell Summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (780)

Randygill Top summit cairn

Randygill Top summit cairn

Photo: Graham Fleet (9)

Looking North to West Fell and the Bowderdale Beck Valley from Randygill Top

Looking North to West Fell and the Bowderdale Beck Valley from Randygill Top

Photo: Graham Fleet (10)

The cairn on Randygill Top

The cairn on Randygill Top

Photo: Andy Brandreth (1)

Descending towards Bowderdale Beck from Randygill Top

Descending towards Bowderdale Beck from Randygill Top

Photo: Christine Shepherd (220)

Randygill Top from Leathgill Bridge

Randygill Top from Leathgill Bridge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (778)

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