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Route outline for walk ny153:

Buckden  -  Rakes Wood  -  Buckden Rake  -  Cray Gill  -  Cray  -  Crook Gill  -  Todd's Wood  -  Scar House  -  Strans Gill  -  Strans Wood  -  Yockenthwaite  -  Horse Head (Horse Head Moor)  -  Sugar Loaf (Horse Head Moor)  -  High Combe Stoop  -  Birks Fell  -  Birks Tarn  -  Firth Fell  -  Redmire Farm  -  Buckden

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 English Nuttall

1 English Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

2 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Birks Fell at 610m (2002ft). Birks Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (177th highest in England, 312th highest in England & Wales)

Birks Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (249th highest in England, 435th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (50th highest in England, 749th highest in the UK).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Sugar Loaf (Horse Head Moor) at 609m (1999ft). Sugar Loaf (Horse Head Moor) is also known as an English Dewey (1st highest in England, 2nd in England & Wales)

You will also reach the summit of Firth Fell at 607m (1992ft). Firth Fell is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Firth Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Along the way you will also bag:

• Horse Head (Horse Head Moor) at 605m (1985ft). Horse Head (Horse Head Moor) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Horse Head (Horse Head Moor) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

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

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

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