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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8½mls (13.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,540ft (774m) |
| Time: | 6hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c413:
Maggie's Bridge (Loweswater) - Loweswater - High Nook Farm - Highnook Beck - Holme Wood - Holme Beck - Burnbank Fell - Sharp Knott - Blake Fell - Fothergill Head - Gavel Fell - Grain Gill - Whiteoak Moss - Hen Comb - Little Dodd (Loweswater Fell) - Mosedale (Loweswater) - Mosedale Beck (Loweswater) - Loweswater Village - Maggie's Bridge (Loweswater)
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 4 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 3 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Blake Fell at 573m (1881ft). Blake Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 139).
Blake Fell is also known as an English Dewey (37th highest in England, 82nd in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (56th highest in England, 810th highest in the UK). The summit of Blake Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Gavel Fell at 526m (1726ft). Gavel Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 159).
Gavel Fell is also known as an English Dewey (123rd highest in England, 285th in England & Wales)
You will also reach the summit of Hen Comb at 509m (1670ft). Hen Comb is classified as an Wainwright (No. 171).
Hen Comb is also known as an English Dewey (163rd highest in England, 374th in England & Wales)
Along the way you will also bag:
- Burnbank Fell at 475m (1559ft). Burnbank Fell is classified as a Wainwright (No. 183)
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c413 Burnbank Fell, Gavel Fell and Hen Comb from Loweswater
In no particular order . . .
Mellbreak taken in the evening sunlight from the Kirkstile Inn in Loweswater Village
High Snockrigg and Robinson, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike from the summit of Hen Comb
Robinson (left), Buttermere and Red Pike (Buttermere) from Hen Comb summit cairn
Whiteside (Crummock) (centre left) and Grasmoor (centre right) and the shoulder of Mellbreak (far right) from above High Nook Farm, Loweswater
Whiteside, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor (centre) and Mellbreak (mid ground) from Blake Fell
Mosedale with Red Pike (Buttermere) (centre left) and Starling Dodd (centre right) beyond from the lower slopes of Hen Comb
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