Walk c461 Great Sca Fell and Knott from Over Water
This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Over Water Reservoir, is 12¼ miles long and will take about 7½hrs. It is a Grade 7 (Hard) walk.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12¼mls (19.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,062ft (933m) |
| Time: | 7½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c461:
Over Water Reservoir - Waterside Wood - Whitefield Cottage - Binsey Cottage - Binsey - Dogkennel Wood - Overwater Hall - Black Wood - Orthwaite - Orthwaite Bank - Uldale Fells - Great Cockup - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Broad Moss - Charleton Gill - Langlands Fell - The Cumbria Way - Lowthwaite - Chapelhouse Reservoir - Over Water
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 5 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Great Sca Fell at 651m (2137ft). Great Sca Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 114).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Brae Fell at 586m (1923ft). Brae Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 134).
You will also reach the summit of Meal Fell at 550m (1805ft). Meal Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 150).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Great Cockup at 526m (1726ft). Great Cockup is classified as a Wainwright (No. 158) and an English Dewey (122nd highest in England, 284th highest in England & Wales)
- Binsey at 447m (1467ft). and an English Marilyn (89th highest in England, 1113th highest in the UK). The summit of Binsey is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.
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