Castle Crag
290m (952ft)
The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.5ml (5.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 906ft (276m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Easy) |
Route Summary:
Grange (Borrowdale) - Borrowdale - The Cumbria Way - Holmcrag Wood - River Derwent - The Allerdale Ramble - Castle Crag - River Derwent - Grange (Borrowdale)
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5ml (9km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,384ft (422m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Seatoller - The Allerdale Ramble - Longthwaite - Rosthwaite - New Bridge - The River Derwent - The Cumbria Way - Castle Crag - Seatoller
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10mls (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,349ft (1,082m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Hawes End - Derwent Water - Skelgill Bank - Woodford's Path - Cat Bells (Catbells) - Maiden Moor - Narrow 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.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Castle Crag
Neil Walker walked up on August 20th, 2025 [from/via/route] Grange [with] Hannah and Molly [weather] Cloudy. - Harder & longer than thought from guidebook descriptions. 8k walk
Sarah Gunn climbed it on February 27th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Littletown [with] Martin Gunn, Dan Gunn and Shannon Worton
Claire Kirk bagged it on February 16th, 2025 [from/via/route] Portinscale [with] Gareth [weather] Dry, cold
Geoff Hand hiked it on February 11th, 2025 [from/via/route] parking at Rosthwaite, we walked North along the river & climbed Castle Crag then continued to Grange.crossed the road & climbed upto Brund Fell Grange Fell [with] With Richard Macillwaine [weather] High cloud & cold! A few light flurries of snow. - 6m walk with two steep climbs. Stunning Borrowdale.
Ian Ashton summited on August 16th, 2024 [with] Wife and Ella 1st - Ì
David Higginbottom conquered it on April 23rd, 2024 [from/via/route] C405 [with] Carolyn [weather] Good
Sarah Moore scaled on March 29th, 2024 [from/via/route] c405 Amazing day having driven up early from Derby - & then a glorious Good Friday with clear views all day. Cat Bells - Maiden Moor - High Spy - down the Riggsdale Quarries - along the river back... [with] On my own [weather] Easter warmth - little wind & clear views all the way was incredible. - Over excited parking = parking ticket... And then coming down, & thinking about 2 more days of hiking I managed to twist my knee in a way that caused so much pain it's untrue. Writing this at the end of the weekend, I'm just glad it's ok & led to other things.
Clare Tait walked up on March 26th, 2024 [from/via/route] Our no:93 Wainwright We were staying at Lodore Falls & decided to drive to Rosthwaite. Lucky enough to find a place on the National Trust car park but then realised we had left the cards back at the Hotel & parking was about £8. However, a kindly NT attendant believed us & gave us a ticket for the car. And much appreciated it was. Easy walk to follow via Millican Dalton's cave & the beautiful riverside. Then the landscape changed before the walk up began. Broken & threatening with huge boulders scattered across the valley. The walk up to the summit was trickier than I had anticipated. What a strange summit or is it the top of a spoil heap? But very beautiful top indeed. [with] Charlie [weather] A lovely mixture of sun breaking through cloud with a chill breeze. - Take two walking poles for the top.
Kate Peacock climbed it on January 28th, 2024 [from/via/route] Via Grange [with] Sheila & Amber [weather] Dry & cloudy - Lush walk! Didn't expect it to be that nice!
Paul Macey bagged it on July 15th, 2023 [from/via/route] Using walk c405 in reverse not doing Cat Bells as did that in June [weather] Cloudy about 14degrees very strong winds with light to heavy rainfall
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Castle Crag
Early morning valley mist below Dale Head (Newlands) and High Spy, Maiden Moor & Cat Bells (Catbells) with the summit of Castle Crag (front right) lit by a ray of sunshine from Rosthwaite
A pair of Scots Pines amongst the old quarry workings on the side of Castle Crag
The (tall) ladder stile and the Shoulthwaite Beck ravine south of Castle Crag (Ashness Fell)
Haweswater Reservoir, The Rigg with Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) beyond from near Castle Crag
Castle Crag in the 'Jaws' of Borrowdale taken from the north end of Derwent Water
Derwent Water and Borrowdale with Cat Bells, Maiden Moor and Castle Crag on the right from the northern end of the lake
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