Bagged Castle Crag 290m (952ft) The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

Castle Crag Photograph by David Swales Castle Crag is classified as a: Wainwright (No. 214)   Castle Crag is on interactive maps: OS Explorer (Orange Covers) sheet: OL4 OS Landranger (Pink Covers) sheet: 89 and 90

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You can walk to the top of Castle Crag by using any of these 3 easy to follow route maps:

Walk c376 Castle Crag from Grange (Borrowdale)

Route Summary: - Grange (Borrowdale), Borrowdale, The Cumbria Way, Holmcrag Wood, River Derwent, The Allerdale Ramble, Castle Crag, River Derwent, Grange (Borrowdale).

Length: 5.5km (3½ miles) | Ascent: 276m (ft) | Allow at least: 2½hrs | Grade: Easy

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Walk c135 Castle Crag and Rosthwaite from Seatoller, Borrowdale

Route Summary: - Seatoller, Borrowdale, The Allerdale Ramble, Longthwaite, Rosthwaite, The River Derwent, The Cumbria Way, Castle Crag, Seatoller, Borrowdale,.

Length: 9km (5½ miles) | Ascent: 422m (ft) | Allow at least: 3½hrs | Grade: Moderate

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Walk c405 Cat Bells, High Spy and Castle Crag from Hawes End

Route Summary: - Hawes End, Derwent Water, Skelgill Bank, Woodford's Path, Cat Bells (Catbells), Maiden Moor, High Spy (North Top), High Spy, Dale Head Tarn, Rigghead Quarries, The Allerdale Ramble, Castle Crag, River Derwent, Yewdale Knott, Manesty, Manesty Band, Hawes End, Derwent Water.

Length: 16km (10 miles) | Ascent: 1082m (ft) | Allow at least: 7¼hrs | Grade: Hard

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Castle Crag, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Castle Crag

Simon Myerscough walked up Castle Crag on February 10th, 2019 [from/via/route] C135 from Seatoller [with] Joanne Myerscough [weather] Lovely day, cloudy and dry with light winds - brightening up at times

Andrew Johnson climbed Castle Crag on January 12th, 2019 [from/via/route] Rosthwaite [with] Chris ,Tim and Ted [weather] Cloudy and drizzle.

Richard Beardsley bagged Castle Crag on August 30th, 2018 [from/via/route] Walked route c376. Castle Crag via Grange. Return route via Rothswaite. [with] Gillian [weather] Sunny, beautiful day. Whisper of Beautiful day, nice and warm sunny day. Fantastic views of Derwentwater. - Parked car at Bowderstone. Time taken 5 Hours

Vic Royle hiked Castle Crag on May 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Last night at Annabel's [with] Team Wiggle [weather] Muggy mist - Slippery roots not much of a hoot

Craig Steeland summited Castle Crag on May 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Rosthwaite village [with] Sue [weather] Cloudy and cool and fairly breezy

David Richards conquered Castle Crag on August 8th, 2010 [with] Fran and Tinker [weather] Sunny

John Tippins scaled Castle Crag on March 29th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started at Seatoller. [with] Solo [weather] Bright, sunny day and warm enough to walk in a t-shirt, if you're hardy.

Lucy Perchard walked up Castle Crag on September 15th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Rosthwaite via High Doat [with] Tony [weather] Sunny spellls - Our 27th wedding anniversary :)

Bill Salisbury climbed Castle Crag on October 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Borrowdale

Chris Sheard bagged Castle Crag on February 6th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Rosthwaite [with] Solo [weather] Calm to wild, slightly warm to bone chilling - Silly me. Treat ALL peaks with respect. Tired and washed out - good rte-learning event

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