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

Castle Crag is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:

• The North Western Fells area of The Lake District

• *Walk all The Wainwrights in The North Western Fells area of The Lake District

*Version including the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.*

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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 (906ft) | 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 (1,384ft) | 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: 1,082m (3,349ft) | 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

Chris Kent walked up Castle Crag on March 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] Parked in the National Trust car park in Borrowdale and did the walk straight up and back down again. Taking a couple of hours to complete we celebrated with a hot drink in the walkers cafe in the village. Definitely a must visit. [with] Gary (brother? [weather] Windy, showery and chilling - When parking in the village the Borrowdsle Mechanics Institute allows you to park all day, honesty box.

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

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

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

John Tippins walked up 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 climbed 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 bagged Castle Crag on October 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Borrowdale

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