Dale Head (Newlands)
753m (2471ft)

The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Dale Head (Newlands) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Dale Head (Newlands)

Kevin Foster walked up on March 16th, 2020 [from/via/route] Hindscarth. [with] Henry. [weather] Sunny with broken cloud. Cold northerly wind. - Climbing steeply up Hindscarth Edge there were great birds-eye views of the cliffs of Honister Pass across the valley including the impressive 'via ferrata' which follows the old miners track up the steep incline. It was good to see that the summit cairn on Dale Head has been repaired and returned to its former glory which befits such a stunning view point!

Christine Shepherd climbed during June, 2005 [from/via/route] Walked from Littletown [with] On my own [weather] Excellent walking weather. - Took a group up to this summit a month after my first visit. I then climbed Dale Head again on 15.9.11 after reading 'The Fell Walker' by Michael Wood in which one of the murder victims gets pushed from this summit! Climbed again as part of the 10 in 10 challenge on 22.6.19.

Jamie Bryan bagged on July 14th, 2019 [weather] Sunny

Richard Marchant hiked on October 9th, 1988 [from/via/route] We parked at the NT car park at the base of Cat Bells. This walk was basically the Newlands Round although we didn't take in Hindscarth. We started with the ascent of Cat Bells and basically followed the ridge up to High Spy then dipped down before ascending Dale Head. With my Mum being a bit tired we missed Hindscarth out and carried on along the ridge to Robinson and then cut down in to the Newlands valley and worked out way back to the car. Another lovely memory for me. [with] Mum & Dad [weather] A fine day with no wind and wall to wall sunshine - Carried out the Newlands round horseshoe with my Mum and was taken during a weeks holiday in the Lakes with Mum and my Dad although I just went out walking up the mountains with my Mum as my Dad was not fit enough to join us. We stopped at a self catering cottage at Dockray. Probably the last holiday I had away from Dorset with my Mum and Dad,

Craig Steeland summited on June 27th, 2019 [from/via/route] From top of Honnister PAss [with] With Sue [weather] Sunny, warm and dry

Richard Newell conquered on May 18th, 2019 [with] Sameer

Gerard Ball scaled on May 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] Hawes End - Catbells - Maiden Moor - High Spy - Dale Head, Robinson, Hindscarth - Back through Little Town to Hawes End [with] Julie Ball [weather] Light drizzle to start, blustery at times, by the end low cloud and rain with strong gusts of wind

Andrew Johnson walked up on March 19th, 2019 [from/via/route] Catbells car park [with] TeD [weather] Overcast and windy

Stephen Rowley climbed during 2015 [from/via/route] Walkup from a Newland valley hut, along the ridge to Maiden Moor then to High spy and back down [with] Marc

Caroline Winter bagged on August 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] Buttermere, Robinson, Hindscarth, Dale Head, Honister Slate mine [with] Becky [weather] Fog, low cloud and poor visibility, rain on Hindscarth Edge - Difficulty navigating once on Buttermere moss. Too low, and no visibility of tops. Managed to get onto Robinson steep track with following a bearing. Nil views all day. Path down to slate mine much gentler than expected.

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