Walk Route Map c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

Stunning Haweswater

Vital Statistics:

Length:	12½mls (20km)
Ascent:	3,814ft (1,162m)
Time:	8½hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head pdf

Route outline for walk c251:

Mardale Head - Haweswater - Rowantreethwaite Beck - Old Corpse Road - Selside Pike - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Kidsty Pike - Kidsty Howes - Bowderthaite Bridge - The Rigg - Mardale Head

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

5
English
Mountains

7
Wainwrights

7
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is High Street at 828m (2717ft). High Street is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (32nd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 25).

High Street is also known as an English Nuttall (38th highest in England, 70th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (11th highest in England, 345th highest in the UK).

The summit of High Street is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Rampsgill Head at 792m (2600ft). Rampsgill Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (46th highest in England, 84th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 39).

Rampsgill Head is also known as an English Nuttall (55th highest in England, 103rd highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Kidsty Pike at 780m (2560ft). Kidsty Pike is classified as an Wainwright (No. 46).

Kidsty Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (64th highest in England, 115th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

Harter Fell (Mardale) at 779m (2556ft). Harter Fell (Mardale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (54th highest in England, 96th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 47) and an English Nuttall (66th highest in England, 118th highest in England & Wales).

Mardale Ill Bell at 760m (2494ft). Mardale Ill Bell is classified as a Wainwright (No. 59)

Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) at 713m (2340ft). Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (92nd highest in England, 155th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 82) and an English Nuttall (116th highest in England, 195th highest in England & Wales).

Branstree (North East Top) at 673m (2208ft). Branstree (North East Top) is known as an English Nuttall (164th highest in England, 277th highest in England & Wales).

Adam Seat at 666m (2186ft). Adam Seat is known as an English Bridget.

Selside Pike at 655m (2150ft). Selside Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (139th highest in England, 241st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 110) and an English Nuttall (187th highest in England, 323rd highest in England & Wales).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

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The Lake District National Park

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL5 The English Lakes - North Eastern area

OL7 The English Lakes - South Eastern area

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

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

In no particular order . . .

On Kidsty Pike summit in mist

Photo: Christine Shepherd (47)

Kidsty Pike summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (460)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - *High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg

*High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg

Photo: Phillip Houlton (6)

Small Water with Rough Crag (Riggindale) beyond from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Phillip Houlton (19)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - My wife Terry and two youngest daughters Emily & Elizabeth on their 1st Wainwright (High Street) taken on a Bank Holiday Sunday a couple of years ago

My wife Terry and two youngest daughters Emily & Elizabeth on their 1st Wainwright (High Street) taken on a Bank Holiday Sunday a couple of years ago

Photo: Stephen Ellaby (3)

Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg

Photo: Phillip Houlton (5)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Rough Crag beyond Blea Water from above Blea Water Crag between High Street and Mardale Ill Bell

Rough Crag beyond Blea Water from above Blea Water Crag between High Street and Mardale Ill Bell

Photo: Andy Malcolm (233)

Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (229)

High Street from Mardale Ill Bell

Photo: Phillip Houlton (15)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir

High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Mike Knipe (73)

Riggindale and Kidsty Pike from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (103)

The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir from Mardale Head car park in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (78)

Mardale Ill Bell and High Street from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: William Ringwood (52)

Small Water from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: William Ringwood (51)

Looking down to Nabs Moor from Howes

Photo: David Elliott (52)

Twopenny Crag from Kidsty Pike

Photo: Robert Hall (24)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The Rigg (bottom left), Rough Crag (Riggindale) and High Street with a touch of snow on it across Haweswater Reservoir from near Rowantreethwaite Beck on Mardale Banks

The Rigg (bottom left), Rough Crag (Riggindale) and High Street with a touch of snow on it across Haweswater Reservoir from near Rowantreethwaite Beck on Mardale Banks

Photo: Rob Barklamb (41)

The Rigg, Wood Howe and Haweswater from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (100)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The view from the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) featuring Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Rough Crag, High Raise (Mardale) and Whether How above Haweswater Reservoir

The view from the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) featuring Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Rough Crag, High Raise (Mardale) and Whether How above Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Robert Hall (71)

Dudderwick and Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head car park in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (79)

Haweswater Reservoir from Gatescarth Pass

Photo: Andy Malcolm (221)

West from Mardale Ill Bell

Photo: David Mulvey (7)

Haweswater from above Adam Seat

Photo: William Ringwood (53)

The small stone marking the summit of Howes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (380)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and the shoulder of Lingmell End (Mardale Ill Bell) above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and the shoulder of Lingmell End (Mardale Ill Bell) above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: Andy Malcolm (240)

Approaching Kidsty Pike from Rampsgill Head

Photo: Paul Holroyd (8)

Small Water and Haweswater from near Mardale Ill Bell summit

Photo: Andy Malcolm (23)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (48)

The summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: Robert Hall (70)

On Harter Fell (Mardale) with Katie and Rosie

Photo: Reasons Togonorth (4)

Mardale Head from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (98)

Blea Water from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (49)

Swindale from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (102)

Katie says a prayer to the weather Gods on Ill Bell

Photo: Reasons Togonorth (6)

*Snow on Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from High Street

Photo: Richard Nicholls (61)

Grange Fell (Brund Fell) summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (230)

*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street

Photo: Andy Malcolm (25)

Harter Fell from Mardale Ill Bell

Photo: Phillip Houlton (16)

Stone pillar in the col between Branstree (North East Top) and Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: Robert Hall (69)

Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) summit beacon

Photo: Christine Shepherd (481)

Speaking Crag, Haweswater

Photo: Andy Malcolm (24)

Mardale Ill Bell, High Street and Rough Crag (Riggindale) above Blea Tarn from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Matt Delemare (9)

Blea Tarn from High Street

Photo: Matt Delemare (7)

Mardale Head and Riggindale from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (101)

Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) Summit

Photo: David Hayter (96)

High Raise and Raven Howe from Rampsgill Head

Photo: William Ringwood (30)

The Ordnance Survey Concrete Ring on the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (530)

Haweswater Reservoir from Mardale Head

Photo: Glenn Philpott (1)

Mardale Head and Haweswater Reservoir from Kidsty Pike

Photo: Robert Hall (25)

Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag seen from Ill Bell

Photo: Ivor Bennett (8)

Haweswater from the bottom of Gatescarth Pass

Photo: David Baines (22)

High Street Summit

Photo: William Ringwood (29)

Small Water with Haweswater Reservoir beyond from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: David Swales (19)

The Nab (Martindale) from Rampsgill Head

Photo: David Hayter (113)

Me on Mardale Ill Bell summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (464)

Selside Pike summit cairn wind shelter

Photo: Robert Hall (67)

The summit of Howes

Photo: David Elliott (54)

Rampsgill Head summit

Photo: Robert Hall (22)

A small tarn near the summit of Howes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (382)

Haweswater Reservoir from Adam Seat

Photo: Phillip Houlton (20)

Selside Pike summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (14)

Survey Post on Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: David Hayter (99)

Me on Harter Fell (Mardale) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (517)

Branstree (North East Top) summit cairn

Photo: Robert Hall (68)

Looking West from the summit of High Street

Photo: Jason Greenall (1)

High Street summit

Photo: Phillip Houlton (13)

Gatescarth Pass

Photo: David Hayter (303)

Kentmere Pike from Gatescarth Pass

Photo: Ian Gaylard (3)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Nan Bield Pass and Small Water with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Nan Bield Pass and Small Water with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (16)

A distant Lake Windermere from the summit of High Street in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (90)

High Street summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (518)

Adam Seat summit

Photo: Phillip Houlton (21)

Cairn on Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: David Hayter (95)

Stone Beacons on the summit of Branstree

Photo: Christine Shepherd (15)

Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: Andy Malcolm (244)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - *Kettle Crag (left), Oxendale, The Band (centre - with Crinkle Crags (Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), & Gunson Knott) (top left) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (top right), Mickleden and The Langdale Pikes from Side Pike

*Kettle Crag (left), Oxendale, The Band (centre - with Crinkle Crags (Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), & Gunson Knott) (top left) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (top right), Mickleden and The Langdale Pikes from Side Pike

Photo: Andy Malcolm (58)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from The Old Corpse Road on Mardale Common

The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from The Old Corpse Road on Mardale Common

Photo: Christine Shepherd (13)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Rest Dodd (far left), The Nab (left), The Ramps Gill Valley, Wether Hill, Wether Hill (South Top) Keasgill Head, Red Crag, Raven Howe and High Raise (Mardale) (right) from Rampsgill Head

Rest Dodd (far left), The Nab (left), The Ramps Gill Valley, Wether Hill, Wether Hill (South Top) Keasgill Head, Red Crag, Raven Howe and High Raise (Mardale) (right) from Rampsgill Head

Photo: Andy Malcolm (235)

Nabs Moor summit cairn

Photo: Robert Hall (72)

Small Water and Hayeswater Reservoir from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Matt Delemare (8)

Haweswater Reservoir, The Rigg with Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) beyond from near Castle Crag

Photo: Mike Knipe (72)

Kidsty Pike from Rampsgill Head

Photo: Robert Hall (23)

Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick seen from the path to Harter Fell

Photo: Ivor Bennett (7)

Waymark on Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Matt Delemare (10)

High Street summit

Photo: William Ringwood (50)

Small Water and Haweswater Reservoir from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Phillip Houlton (17)

Harter Fell from The Rigg, Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Phillip Houlton (4)

John, Andy and myself on High Street in the snow

Photo: Richard Jennings (4)

On Kidsty Pike

Photo: Dave Ditchburn (1)

Haweswater from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: David Hayter (97)

Haweswater and Harter Fell from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (94)

Yoke, Ill Bell and Kentmere Reservoir from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Phillip Houlton (18)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Harter Fell (left) and Mardale Ill Bell (in cloud) seen from above Haweswater Reservoir near Rowantreethwaite Beck

Harter Fell (left) and Mardale Ill Bell (in cloud) seen from above Haweswater Reservoir near Rowantreethwaite Beck

Photo: Rob Barklamb (46)

*Snow on Hayeswater from High Street

Photo: Richard Nicholls (62)

Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street

Photo: Andy Malcolm (22)

Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from High Street

Photo: Phillip Houlton (14)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag & Brown Pike) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag & Brown Pike) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (855)

Small Water and Haweswater from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: William Ringwood (28)

Me on the summit of High Street in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (89)

Swindale from Selside Pike

Photo: Robert Hall (66)

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