Walk c457 Watch Hill (Cockermouth) and Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill) from Cockermouth
This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Cockermouth, is 4½ miles long and will take about 2¼hrs. It is Graded 3 (Easy).
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4½mls (7km) |
| Ascent: | 630ft (192m) |
| Time: | 2¼hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c457:
Cockermouth - Watch Hill (Cockermouth) - Hay - Setmurthy Plantation - Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill) - Peel Wood - Long Bottom - Greenlands - Cockermouth
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 2 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill) at 254m (833ft). Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill) is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 89)Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill) is classified as an English Marilyn (153rd highest in England, 1459th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Watch Hill (Cockermouth) at 235m (771ft). Watch Hill (Cockermouth) is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 99)
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
(worth a look if you've never seen one of these superb, free-to-access, walk planing maps)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c457 Watch Hill (Cockermouth) and Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill) from Cockermouth
In no particular order . . .
Ewe and lambs at the bottom of Watch Hill (Cockermouth) and Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill)
Finger post and kissing gate at the bottom of Watch Hill (Cockermouth) and Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill)
Forest track down through woodland east of the summit of Setmurthy Common (Watch Hill)
Small pile of stones which seem to mark the highest point on Watch Hill (Cockermouth)
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