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Blea Rigg
541m (1776ft)

The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Blea Rigg is classified as:

Wainwright
(No. 152)

Walk Blea Rigg walking UK Mountains in The Central Fells The Lake District National Park Cumbria England

The view from the summit of Blea Rigg

Photo: Andy Malcolm

Blea Rigg is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Maps OL6 & OL7
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 90
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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The Central Fells area of The Lake District

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Walk c208 Harrison Stickle and High Raise from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

Steep scramble - strictly for the adventurous

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7.25ml (11.5km)
Ascent:	3,046ft (928m)
Time:	5.75hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route Summary:

- Great Langdale, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Stickle Ghyll, Whitegill Crag, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise (Langdale), The Langdale Pikes, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), Loft Crag, Mark Gate, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.

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Walk c195 Castle How and Blea Rigg from Grasmere

Good views into Easedale and Langdale

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8.5ml (13.5km)
Ascent:	2,402ft (732m)
Time:	5½ hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route Summary:

- Grasmere, Castle How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, Sour Milk Gill, Easedale, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.

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Walk c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere

Good ridge walk above Grasmere

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10ml (16km)
Ascent:	2,936ft (895m)
Time:	6½ hrs
Grade:		(Hard)

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Route Summary:

- Grasmere, Sour Milk Gill, Sourmilk Gill Falls, Tarn Crag (Easedale), Sergeant Man, Blea Rigg, Great Castle How, Little Castle How, Raw Pike, Swinescar Pike, Lang How, Silver How, Spedding Crag, Dow Bank, Huntingstile Crag, Grasmere.

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Walk c428 The Langdale Pikes, High Raise and The Easedale Fells from Grasmere

Long high level round

Vital Statistics:

Length:	13.75ml (22km)
Ascent:	3,991ft (1,216m)
Time:	9 hrs
Grade:		(Hard)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c428 The Langdale Pikes, High Raise and The Easedale Fells from Grasmere pdf

Route Summary:

- Grasmere, Allan Bank, Wray Gill, Silver How, Lang How, Sinescar Pike, Little Castle How, Great Castle How, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Loft Crag, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), High Raise (Langdale), Codale Head, Tarn Crag (Easedale), Far Easedale Gill, Sourmilk Falls, Far Easedale Beck, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Blea Rigg

Carl Tillotson walked up on July 24th, 2021 [from/via/route] c144 route with High Raise added [with] June [weather] Slightly cloudy, warm day.

Richard Marshall climbed on July 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] Sergeant Man and others [with] Me, Bo and Roxy [weather] Sunny very Hot

Damian Gourlay bagged on June 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Grassmere walk c144 tarn cragg [with] Lee Grist [weather] Sunny - Great walk real leg burner, showing my age. Hope this gets easier

Paul Macey hiked on June 21st, 2021 [from/via/route] Walk 114 [with] Luke [weather] Cloudy

Christine Shepherd summited on October 31st, 2008 [from/via/route] Walked from Grasmere [with] On my own [weather] Sunshine, showers and rainbows. - Bagged this again using walk c144 on 2.9.10 Climbed again with a group from Head 4 the Hills 31.5.21

Claire Murray conquered on May 29th, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked in Grasmere. Silver How, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise and Tarn Crag. [with] Vitor [weather] Lovely day. Was sunny but not to hot. - Lovely walk. East to start with and some stunningly laid stone paths to follow. The last part of the track was a stone path beside a river with the sheep fenced it and it was so beautiful!

Neil Heywood scaled on April 25th, 2021 [with] logan Heywood Ellis Heywood

Angela Haworth walked up on March 24th, 2002 [from/via/route] From New Dungeon Ghyll car park [with] companion [weather] Dry

John Tippins climbed on September 22nd, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere [weather] Overcast, low cloud for most of the day, drizzle/rain all day.

Andy Buxton bagged during November, 1989 [from/via/route] From NDG: Blea Rigg, Sergeant Mann, High Raise and Thunacar Knott [with] Solo [weather] Very dreary - I was glad I didn't waste a decent day on this one!

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Blea Rigg

Blea Rigg summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (462)

Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn

Photo: Tim Hope (73)

Great Langdale with Blea Rigg, Lang How and Silver How (left) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from the foot of Oxendale

Photo: Andy Malcolm (224)

Sunburst on Great Langdale from near Blea Rigg

Photo: Andy Malcolm (46)

Blea Rigg (right) from Coledale Tarn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (223)

Blea Rigg, Castle How, Lang How and Silver How (far left) Great Langdale, Windermere and Elter Water (left), Lingmoor Fell and Side Pike (centre left), Blea Tarn and Little Langdale (centre right), Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) right and Crickle Crags (far right) from the summit of Harrison Stickle, The Langdale Pikes

Photo: Jacques Duijn (1)

Snow moving in on Blea Rigg

Photo: Peter Harrison (16)

The view from Sergeant Man featuring Blea Rigg (centre left),Lingmoor Fell (distance centre), Stickle Tarn (partially hidden) and the shoulder of Pavey Ark (The Langdale Pikes) (right)

Photo: Tim Hope (30)

Grasmere, Easedale Tarn and Blea Rigg from Tarn Crag summit

Photo: Tim Hope (62)

Me on the summit of Blea Rigg

Photo: Christine Shepherd (511)

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