Blea Rigg
541m (1776ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Blea Rigg is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Maps OL6 & OL7 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Blea Rigg is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
Walk c208 Harrison Stickle and High Raise from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Steep scramble - strictly for the adventurous
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,046ft (928m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
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.
Walk c195 Castle How and Blea Rigg from Grasmere
Good views into Easedale and Langdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,402ft (732m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Castle How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, Sour Milk Gill, Easedale, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.
Walk c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere
Good ridge walk above Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,936ft (895m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
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.
Walk c428 The Langdale Pikes, High Raise and The Easedale Fells from Grasmere
Long high level round
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,991ft (1,216m) | |
| Time: | 9 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Allan Bank, Wray Gill, Silver How, Lang How, Sinescar Pike, Little Castle How, Great Castle How, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Mann, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Loft Crag, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), High Raise (Langdale), Codale Head, Tarn Crag, Far Easedale Gill, Sourmilk Falls, Far Easedale Beck, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Blea Rigg
Andy Buxton walked up 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!
David Hughes climbed during June, 2007 [from/via/route] 2012 [with] gal waz
Mike Dunphy bagged on June 24th, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere via eats dale rd [with] Caitlin and molly [weather] 28' hot - Great day out 20k with Caitlin and molly on a glorious day, followed with a dip in grassmere
Gill Bates hiked on March 23rd, 2018 [from/via/route] from Easedale
Andrew Johnson summited on December 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy - Lost my glasses
Andrew Peate conquered on April 6th, 2019 [from/via/route] Via Easedale Tarn [with] Jack [weather] Clear, warm
Liz Sheerin scaled on August 27th, 2015 [with] Neil
Jill Dean has walked up [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Grez and [weather] Glorious! -
Simon Boddy climbed on September 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Rydal [with] HF Holidays [weather] Cloudy but quite warm, with drizzle at times
Andy James bagged on August 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] Scales Fell [with] Suzie James
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Blea Rigg
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)
Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn
Great Langdale with Blea Rigg, Lang How and Silver How (left) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from the foot of Oxendale
Great Langdale and Blea Rigg with The Helvellyn Massiff in the distance under a deep blanket of snow from the lower slopes of Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
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
*The view from Sergeant Man featuring Blea Rigg (centre left), Lingmoor Fell (centre distance), Stickle Tarn (partially hidden) and Pavey Ark with Harrison Stickle beyond (The Langdale Pikes) (centre right)
*Codale Tarn (left) and Easedale Tarn from the Blea Rigg ridge with Helvellyn (left), Seat Sandal (centre) and Fairfield (right) on the horizon
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