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Great Worm Crag
427m (1401ft)


The Southern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England


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Record Great Worm Crag as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


Walk Great Worm Crag walking UK Mountains in The Southern Marches The Lake District National Park Cumbria, England

Great Worm Crag Summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd

You can find Great Worm Crag & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):


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See Great Worm Crag and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Great Worm Crag and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of Great Worm Crag by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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Walk c205 Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) and Great Worm Crag from Stanley Force NT Car Park, Eskdale

Difficult route finding on the tops

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 8.5ml (13.5km)
Ascent:1,953ft (595m)
Time:5 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Great Worm Crag Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Worm Crag

Trevor Williams walked up on January 9th, 2025 [with] Paul [weather] Snow - Brilliant

Chris Sheard climbed it on September 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Up from Ulpha Eskdale Road [with] George [weather] Started clear with light winds finished drizzle & greying - Moorland with heather bilberry, tufts & wet. Could be very ugly in different seasons

Christine Shepherd bagged it on October 28th, 2016 [from/via/route] Walked from the Ulpha to Eskdale Road. [with] On my own [weather] Glorious Autumn sunshine.

Paul Booth, Peter Thwaites, Louise Sandwith, David Preston and Mark Davidson have all walked, climbed & bagged Great Worm Crag.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Great Worm Crag

Clouds over the higher fells looking back towards Boot from Great Worm Crag

Clouds over the higher fells looking back towards Boot from Great Worm Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (450)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) (right) and Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) (left) from Great Worm Crag

Harter Fell (Eskdale) (right) and Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) (left) from Great Worm Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (453)

Great Worm Crag's larger summit cairn

Great Worm Crag's larger summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (454)

Devoke Water and the Birker Fells from Great Worm Crag

Devoke Water and the Birker Fells from Great Worm Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (451)

Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) from Great Worm Crag

Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) from Great Worm Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (456)

Looking towards Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) from Great Worm Crag

Looking towards Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) from Great Worm Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (452)


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