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Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside

A walk in The Lake District National Park, Cumbria, North West England

A classic lakeland horseshoe walk

Walk Route Summary:
- Ambleside, Rydal, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Rydal Fell, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike (Scandale), High Sweden Bridge, High Sweden Coppice, Ambleside.

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Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside Ambleside, Rydal, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Rydal Fell, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike (Scandale), High Sweden Bridge, High Sweden Coppice, Ambleside The Eastern Fells,  The Lake District National Park,  Cumbria,  England

St Sunday Crag from Fairfield
Photo: David Hayter

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More Photos and Pictures from Walk c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside

In no particular order . . .

Temperature Inversion in the Rydal Valley from near Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

1. Temperature Inversion in the Rydal Valley from near Heron Pike
Photo: John Holt (2)


Grisedale Tarn from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

2. Grisedale Tarn from Fairfield
Photo: Peter Inglis (7)


Me & my shadow approaching Great Rigg in the snow. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

3. Me & my shadow approaching Great Rigg in the snow
Photo: Sandra Littlewood (8)


Summit of Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

4. Summit of Fairfield
Photo: Mike Jennings (1)


Myself and Steve Taylor on the top of Fairfield in thick mist. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

5. Myself and Steve Taylor on the top of Fairfield in thick mist
Photo: Steve Gilmore (4)


On High Sweden Bridge. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

6. On High Sweden Bridge
Photo: David Baines (2)


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7. *The Old Man of Coniston (left) and The Scafell Massif from Fairfield
Photo: Wayne Hill (37)

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Easedale Tarn and High Raise (Langdale) with Bow Fell (Bowfell), Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (South Top) beyond from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

8. Easedale Tarn and High Raise (Langdale) with Bow Fell (Bowfell), Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (South Top) beyond from Fairfield
Photo: Peter Inglis (8)


Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Cofa Pike near the summit of Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

9. Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Cofa Pike near the summit of Fairfield
Photo: Rob Barklamb (3)


Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg and Fairfield from Rydal Park. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

10. Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg and Fairfield from Rydal Park
Photo: Wayne Hill (39)


Looking down to Ambleside from Nab Scar with Rosie dog. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

11. Looking down to Ambleside from Nab Scar with Rosie dog
Photo: Reasons Togonorth (5)


High Pike from Dove Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

12. High Pike from Dove Crag
Photo: Raymond Brown (28)


Rydal Hall. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

13. Rydal Hall
Photo: Stuart Richardson (10)


Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike (centre), Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge (far right) from Great Rigg. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

14. Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike (centre), Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge (far right) from Great Rigg
Photo: David Hayter (316)


High Sweden Bridge. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

15. High Sweden Bridge
Photo: Les Swindell (8)


Brothers Water and Hartsop from Dove Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

16. Brothers Water and Hartsop from Dove Crag
Photo: Les Swindell (2)


Fairfield from Hart Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

17. Fairfield from Hart Crag
Photo: Peter Inglis (5)


St Sunday Crag from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

18. St Sunday Crag from Fairfield
Photo: David Hayter (403)


Rydal Water with Langdale Pikes beyond from High Sweden Coppice. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

19. Rydal Water with Langdale Pikes beyond from High Sweden Coppice
Photo: Andy Malcolm (13)


Fairfield and Hart Crag from Dove Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

20. Fairfield and Hart Crag from Dove Crag
Photo: Peter Inglis (3)


The famous Waterfalls at Rydal Hall. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

21. The famous Waterfalls at Rydal Hall
Photo: Wayne Hill (38)


Glenridding Dodd from Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

22. Glenridding Dodd from Heron Pike
Photo: David Hayter (332)


Windermere from Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

23. Windermere from Heron Pike
Photo: Timothy Towers (7)


High Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from Dove Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

24. High Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from Dove Crag
Photo: Les Swindell (3)


Crinkles and Bowfell from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

25. Crinkles and Bowfell from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
Photo: Rob Barklamb (27)


Cloud on The Fairfield Horseshoe from near High Sweden Bridge. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

26. Cloud on The Fairfield Horseshoe from near High Sweden Bridge
Photo: Janice Hyde (1)


Rydal Water (left) and Coniston Water (right - far distance) and Heron Pike in mid-distance from Hart Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

27. Rydal Water (left) and Coniston Water (right - far distance) and Heron Pike in mid-distance from Hart Crag
Photo: Rob Barklamb (26)


Hart Crag from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

28. Hart Crag from Fairfield
Photo: Peter Inglis (6)


Steve Taylor and Ian Matthews Golledge looking back over Ambleside & Lake Windermere as we ascended Nab scar and on up to Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

29. Steve Taylor and Ian Matthews Golledge looking back over Ambleside & Lake Windermere as we ascended Nab scar and on up to Fairfield
Photo: Steve Gilmore (5)


Snow on Helvellyn from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

30. Snow on Helvellyn from Fairfield
Photo: Timothy Towers (5)


Rydal Water and Grasmere from the shoulder of Nab Scar. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

31. Rydal Water and Grasmere from the shoulder of Nab Scar
Photo: Andy Malcolm (15)


On Heron Pike - with a view all the way from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

32. On Heron Pike - with a view all the way from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay
Photo: Chris Rybka (1)


Snow on The col between Hart Crag and Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

33. Snow on The col between Hart Crag and Fairfield
Photo: Timothy Towers (3)


Great Rigg from Hart Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

34. Great Rigg from Hart Crag
Photo: John Holt (1)


Approaching Heron Pike with Fairfield beyond. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

35. Approaching Heron Pike with Fairfield beyond
Photo: John Holt (3)


Snow on Fairfield and Hart Crag from Dove Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

36. Snow on Fairfield and Hart Crag from Dove Crag
Photo: Timothy Towers (2)


Grasmere from Nab Scar. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

37. Grasmere from Nab Scar
Photo: Peter Inglis (9)


Approaching Low Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

38. Approaching Low Pike (Scandale)
Photo: David Baines (10)


Great Rigg (left) Fairfield (centre) and Dove Crag (right) from Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

39. Great Rigg (left) Fairfield (centre) and Dove Crag (right) from Heron Pike
Photo: Jamie Caryl (1)


Sunset from Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

40. Sunset from Heron Pike
Photo: Timothy Towers (8)


High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

41. High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale)
Photo: Peter Inglis (1)


Dove Crag from High Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

42. Dove Crag from High Pike (Scandale)
Photo: Peter Inglis (2)


Hart Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

43. Hart Crag
Photo: Peter Inglis (4)


Loughrigg Fell (left), Rydal Water and Nab Scar from High Sweden Coppice. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

44. Loughrigg Fell (left), Rydal Water and Nab Scar from High Sweden Coppice
Photo: Raymond Brown (27)


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45. *Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Fairfield
Photo: Wayne Hill (36)

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High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

46. High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale)
Photo: Les Swindell (7)


High Sweden Bridge. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

47. High Sweden Bridge
Photo: Steve Brunt (2)


Fairfield from Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

48. Fairfield from Heron Pike
Photo: Timothy Towers (6)


Windermere from Heron Pike. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

49. Windermere from Heron Pike
Photo: Jamie Caryl (5)


My wife just below High Pike (Scandale) during a temperature inversion on the Fairfield Horseshoe. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

50. My wife just below High Pike (Scandale) during a temperature inversion on the Fairfield Horseshoe
Photo: Mike Frith (1)


Low Pike (Scandale) summit. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

51. Low Pike (Scandale) summit
Photo: Les Swindell (6)


The path from Fairfield to Hart Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

52. The path from Fairfield to Hart Crag
Photo: David Hayter (404)


South from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

53. South from Fairfield
Photo: Glynn Trueman (1)


The Old Man of Coniston beyond Great Rigg from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

54. The Old Man of Coniston beyond Great Rigg from Fairfield
Photo: Timothy Towers (4)


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55. Chelmsford YHA members on Fairfield looking to Helvellyn, Striding Edge and Catstycam
Photo: Judi Friend (2)

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Rydal Water and Loughrigg Fell from Low Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

56. Rydal Water and Loughrigg Fell from Low Pike (Scandale)
Photo: David Baines (9)


Great Rigg (right) and High Pike (Scandale) (left) from Dove Crag. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

57. Great Rigg (right) and High Pike (Scandale) (left) from Dove Crag
Photo: Christine Shepherd (7)


Heron Pike and Windermere from Great Rigg. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

58. Heron Pike and Windermere from Great Rigg
Photo: Jamie Caryl (4)


The famous Bridge House in Ambleside. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

59. The famous Bridge House in Ambleside
Photo: David Hayter (294)


Rydal Hall. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

60. Rydal Hall
Photo: Stuart Richardson (9)


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61. *Heron Pike and Nab Scar from Fairfield
Photo: Wayne Hill (35)

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High Sweden Bridge. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

62. High Sweden Bridge
Photo: Timothy Towers (1)


Ambleside and Windermere from Nab Scar. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

63. Ambleside and Windermere from Nab Scar
Photo: Peter Inglis (10)


Great Ridge, Heron Pike and Windermere beyond from Fairfield. Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

64. Great Ridge, Heron Pike and Windermere beyond from Fairfield
Photo: Raymond Brown (29)


Low Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

65. Low Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
Photo: Les Swindell (5)


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66. *The Helvellyn Ridge and St Sunday Crag from Fairfield
Photo: Andy Malcolm (14)

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Low Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale). Walk route map c247 The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside photo

67. Low Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
Photo: Les Swindell (4)



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