Great Worm Crag
427m (1401ft)
The Southern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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You can walk/hike to the top of Great Worm Crag by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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) |
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| Ascent: | 1,953ft (595m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Stanley Force NT Car Park - Eskdale - Boot - River Esk - Low Birker - Crook Crag - Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) - Great Worm Crag - Brown Rigg - Sike Moss - Birkerthwaite - Low Ground Cottages - Stanley Force - River Esk - Stanley Force NT Car Park - Eskdale
See Great Worm Crag and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Southern Marches area of The Lake District National Park
Less data - quicker to download
The Whole of The Lake District National Park
More data - might take a little longer to download
A go4awalk.com downloadable Peak Bagging Map in PDF format featuring Great Worm Crag should be available soon.
You can find Great Worm Crag & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Great Worm Crag
Trevor Williams walked up Great Worm Crag 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
Harter Fell (Eskdale) (right) and Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) (left) from Great Worm Crag
Clouds over the higher fells looking back towards Boot from Great Worm Crag
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