Walk ch153 Raw Head and The Sandstone Trail from Higher Burwardsley
This 5½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Higher Burwardsley & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Length: | 7 miles (11km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,373ft (723m) | |
| Time: | 5hrs | |
| Grade: |  | |
| Walk Type: | High Mountains | |
| Start: | Cow Bridge Car Park* | |
| Grid Ref: | NY403134 | |
| Sat Nav: | N54.5122 W2.9241 | |
| What3words: | scarecrow.generals.fire | |
| Postcode: | CA11 0NS‡ | |
| Car Park Fee: | Pay and display. Free parking for National Trust members | |
| Car Park Size: | Small. Only room for 22 well-parked cars | |
| Location: | On the A592 between Hartsop and Patterdale | |
| Stiles: | None | |
| Dogs: | Permitted under close control | |
| Terrain: | Good paths in the valley, thin mountain paths higher up | |
| Gear Needed: | Full mountain gear including boots, warm layers, waterproofs, food & water, and good weather | |
Route outline for this walk:
Higher Burwardsley - The Sandstone Trail - Bulkeley Hill - Raw Head (Rawhead) - Bodnook Wood - Burwardsley Hill - Burwardsley - Higher Burwardsley
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 Raw Head (Rawhead) at 227m (745ft). Raw Head (Rawhead) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Raw Head (Rawhead) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Sandstone Trail, a 51km (32 miles) linear footpath connecting Frodsham in Cheshire, England with Whitchurch in Shropshire, England. The Sandstone Trail is waymarked by black bootmarks with a yellow S. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Sandstone Trail.
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