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:

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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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90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

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

In no particular order . . .

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

Photo: Tim Hope (79)

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)

Haweswater and Harter Fell from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (94)

Haweswater Reservoir from Gatescarth Pass

Photo: Andy Malcolm (221)

Blea Tarn from High Street

Photo: Matt Delemare (7)

Twopenny Crag from Kidsty Pike

Photo: Robert Hall (24)

Me on Mardale Ill Bell summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (464)

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

Photo: Phillip Houlton (19)

Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) Summit

Photo: David Hayter (96)

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 - 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)

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)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (48)

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

Photo: Andy Malcolm (25)

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)

John, Andy and myself on High Street in the snow

Photo: Richard Jennings (4)

Haweswater from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: David Hayter (97)

Riggindale and Kidsty Pike from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (103)

Gatescarth Pass

Photo: David Hayter (303)

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