12 walks in The Far Eastern Marches area of The Lake District
Twelve easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walks including routes from Demings Moss, Shap, Huck's Bridge & Wythmoor Farm that climb Great Yarlside (the highest point), Wasdale Pike, Ancrow Brow, High Wether Howe, Seat Robert, Capplebarrow & Grayrigg Forest amongst others. More details about each walk can be found below the map.
The Far Eastern Marches area of The Lake District National Park is the area enclosed by:
- An imaginary line from Ambleside through Troutbeck, Kentmere and Sadgill to the Eastern tip of Haweswater Reservoir and then Pooley Bridge to the West
- The A592 to Penrith to the North
- The M6 South & then the A684 to Kendal to the East
- The A591 from Kendal to Ambleside to the South
Interactive Map of Walks in The Far Eastern Marches area of The Lake District
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Twelve easy-to-follow, circular, walk route maps in The Far Eastern Marches area of The Lake District in Walk Length Order (Shortest to Longest)
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Grade Order | Length Order | Time Order | Walk Number or Start Location Order
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 miles (10 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,352 ft (412 m) |
| Time: | 3.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Swindale - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale Beck - Starling Gill - Stubby Hest - Bracken Howe - Thiefstead - Langhowe Pike - High Katelade - Rowantree Crag - Blea Moss - Stone Howe - Glede Howe - Willy Winder Hill - Haskew Beck - Fewling Stones - Swindale Common - Mosedale Beck (Swindale) - Dodd Bottom - Hobgrumble Gill - Swindale Head Farm - Truss Gap - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,247 ft (380 m) |
| Time: | 3.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Windermere - Orrest Head - Moorhowe - Dubbs Road - Garburn Road - Longmire Road - Far Orrest Farm - Orrest Head - Windermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 787 ft (240 m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Windermere - Ellery Woods - Orrest Head - Near Orrest Farm - Mislet Farm - Heaning Farm - Blackmoss Farm - School Knott Plantation - School Knott - The Dales Way - High Cleabarrow Farm - Matson Ground - Heaththwaite Manor - Windermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75 miles (12.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,168 ft (356 m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wet Sleddale Reservoir - Selside Beck - Michael Moss - Selside Hall - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe - Haskew Tarn - Seat Robert - Great Ladstones - Bleak Hill - Willy Fold - White Crag - Peat Hill - Stackhouse Brow - Green Farm - Throney Bank Farm - River Lowther - Cooper Green Farm - eddale Reservoir.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75 miles (12.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,483 ft (452 m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Hazel Shaw Parking Area - Rosgill Moor - Scalebarrow Knott - Harper Hills - Low Goat Gill - Long Rigg - Powley's Hill - Hare Shaw - Woodhowe Moss - Kit Crag (Naddle Forest) - Wallow Crag (Naddle Forest) - Hugh's Laithes Pike - Hugh's Laithes Pike (North East Top) - Highfield Crag - Naddle Farm - Naddle Beck - Mirkside Wood - Scalebarrow Knott - Hazel Shaw Parking Area
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.25 miles (13 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,572 ft (479 m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Huck's Bridge - Ashstead Fell - Mabbin Crag - Castle Fell - Whinfell Beacon - Low Borrowdale - Borrow Beck - High Borrowdale - Borrowdale - Huck's Bridge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 miles (13.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,952 ft (595 m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Swindale - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale Beck - Starling Gill - Stubby Hest - Bracken Howe - Thiefstead - Langhowe Pike - High Katelade - Rowantree Crag - Blea Moss - Stone Howe - Glede Howe - Willy Winder Hill - Haskew Beck - Fewling Stones - Swindale Common - Mosedale Beck (Swindale) - Nabs Moor - Nabs Crag - Howes (Mosedale) - Nabs Crag - Nabs Moor - Dodd Bottom - Hobgrumble Gill - Swindale Head Farm - Truss Gap - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5 miles (15 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,050 ft (625 m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Demings Moss - Shap - Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - Grey Crag (Sleddale) - Lord's Seat (Crookdale) - Robin Hood (Crookdale) - High House Bank - Demings Moss - Shap.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5 miles (17 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,411 ft (430 m) |
| Time: | 2.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wet Sleddale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Sleddale Hall - Michael Moss - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sleddale Reservoir
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,655 ft (809 m) |
| Time: | 6.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Swindale - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale Beck - Starling Gill - Stubby Hest - Bracken Howe - Thiefstead - Langhowe Pike - High Katelade - Rowantree Crag - Blea Moss - Stone Howe - Glede Howe - Willy Winder Hill - Haskew Beck - Fewling Stones - Swindale Common - Mosedale Beck (Swindale) - Nabs Moor - Nabs Crag - Howes (Mosedale) - Captain Whelter Bog - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Swirle Crag - Selside Pike - High Blake Dodd - Selside End - High Birkin Knott - Low Birkin Knott - Old Corpse Road - Thorny Knott - Swindale Head Farm - Truss Gap - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25 miles (18 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,614 ft (492 m) |
| Time: | 5.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wet Sladdale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe - Haskew Tarn - Seat Robert - Gambling Crag - Willy Winder Hill - Great Ladstones - Bleak Hill - Willy Fold - White Crag - Michael Moss - Sleddale Hall - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sladdale Reservoir.
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