Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest

Forest walking on a waymarked path


Route outline for walk c148:

Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre  -  Silurian Way  -  Priest Wood  -  Ridding Wood  -  Braithwaite Plantation  -  Potato Peg Plantation  -  Grisedale Tarn  -  The Connob  -  Low Scar Wood  -  Beck Side Intake  -  Great Wood  -  New South Wales Plantation  -  Breasty Haw  -  Lawrence Scar Wood  -  Dale Park Scar  -  Blind Lane Wood  -  Force Knott  -  Swainsley Hill  -  Force Beck  -  Farce Falls  -  Low Bowkerstead Hob Gill Plantation  -  Satterthwaite  -  Scale Green Wood  -  Scale Green Intake  -  Carron Crag  -  Park Plantation  -  Broad Piece  -  Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
0
English
Mountains
Wainwright
0
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
0
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
1
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
0
Marilyns
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Carron Crag at 314m (1031ft). Carron Crag is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 69) The summit of Carron Crag is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


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96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland


97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest

In no particular order . . .

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Huge wooden ring near Carron Crag

Huge wooden ring near Carron Crag

Photo: Paul Gibson (22)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisedale Tarn with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)

Grisedale Tarn with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)

Photo: Tony Higgs (22)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Top o' Selside summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam as a backdrop

Top o' Selside summit cairn with the Coniston Fells: White Maiden, Walna Scar, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam as a backdrop

Photo: Paul Gibson (23)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisedale Tarn

Grisedale Tarn

Photo: Tony Higgs (23)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Birkhouse Moor (left), St Sunday Crag (right) and Place Fell (centre) from near Grisedale Tarn

Birkhouse Moor (left), St Sunday Crag (right) and Place Fell (centre) from near Grisedale Tarn

Photo: Dean Richardson (17)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - View over Grizdale Forest from Carron Crag

View over Grizdale Forest from Carron Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (252)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - The Howgills from Carron Crag

The Howgills from Carron Crag

Photo: Andy Malcolm (191)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grizedale Forest

Grizedale Forest

Photo: David Hugue (2)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Art in Grizedale Forest

Art in Grizedale Forest

Photo: Christine Shepherd (255)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Carron Crag summit trig point

Carron Crag summit trig point

Photo: Paul Gibson (21)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Cloud over Top o' Selside from Carron Crag

Cloud over Top o' Selside from Carron Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (250)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - The Howgill Fells from Carron Crag

The Howgill Fells from Carron Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (251)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Carron Crag Summit

Carron Crag Summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (254)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisedale with St Sunday Crag (right) from the outflow of Grisedale Tarn

Grisedale with St Sunday Crag (right) from the outflow of Grisedale Tarn

Photo: Ian Gaylard (10)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisedale Tarn from Brothers' Parting Stone

Grisedale Tarn from Brothers' Parting Stone

Photo: Alan Wainwright (49)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisedale Tarn

Grisedale Tarn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (37)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisdale Tarn

Grisdale Tarn

Photo: Liz Stanley (2)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - My shadow on Carron Crag Trig point

My shadow on Carron Crag Trig point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (253)

Walk c148 The Silurian Way in the Grizedale Forest - Grisedale Tarn in the snow with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)

Grisedale Tarn in the snow with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)

Photo: John Andelin (1)


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