Walk Wansfell Pike from Ambleside
The easiest way up Ambleside's nearest fell
This 3¼ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Ambleside in the Lake District & will take you about 2½ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | c455 | |
| Length: | 3¼ miles (5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1428 ft (435m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Ambleside - Stock Ghyll Force - Wansfell Pike - Stock Ghyll Force - Ambleside
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Wansfell Pike at 482m (1582ft). Wansfell Pike is known as an English Bridget.
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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Wansfell Pike from Ambleside
In no particular order . . .
Winderemere reaching into the town of Ambleside (and cutting it off) from Wansfell Pike
Looking north to Baystones with Thornthwaite Crag (left) and Ill Bell (centre) beyond from Wansfell Pike as the sun catches a passing shower
. . . load all 12 pictures & photos from this walk
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