High Street
828m (2717ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
The summit of High Street is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,202ft (671m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - The Rigg - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Caspel Gate - Riggindale Crag - Long Stile - High Street - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Dudderwick - The Rigg - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,745ft (837m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - The Rigg - Dudderwick - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Caspel Gate - Riggindale Crag - Long Stile - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Adam Seat - Gatescarth Pass - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,436ft (1,047m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - Rowantreethwaite Beck - Old Corpse Road - Selside Pike - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Riggindale Crag - Caspel Gate - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Dudderwick - The Rigg - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,843ft (1,171m) | |
| Time: | 8 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Caudale Head - Stony Cove Pike - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - The Knott - Hayeswater Reservoir - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Cow Bridge - Brothers Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,814ft (1,162m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater - Rowantreethwaite Beck - Old Corpse Road - Selside Pike - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Kidsty Pike - Kidsty Howes - Bowderthaite Bridge - The Rigg - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,889ft (1,185m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Stony Cove Pike - Caudale Head - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - The Knott - Angle Tarn (Martindale) - Angletarn Pikes - Boredale Hause - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,364ft (1,025m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head (Haweswater Reservoir) - Small Water - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - Raven Howe - Red Crag - Keasgill Head - Wether Hill (South Top) - Wether Hill - Bampton Common - Low Kop - Measand Beck - Haweswater Reservoir - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Bowderthwaite Bridge - The Rigg - Mardale Head
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Street
Martyn Howarth walked up High Street on August 15th, 2023 [from/via/route] From Kentmere Institute, as part of the Kentmere Horseshoe. [with] Tilly Howarth. [weather] Gorgeous August day, after some dreadful weather the days before! - Tough 14.5 mile walk - 3600ft of ascent! Brilliant effort by 14 yr old Tilly!
Paul Macey climbed High Street on July 24th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Brothers Water using walks c251 & c204
Adrian Howard bagged High Street on June 12th, 2023 [from/via/route] From Mardale Head - Small water - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Kidsty Pike - kidsty Howes - Mardale Head
Angeline Grieveson hiked High Street on December 3rd, 2022 [with] Dotty & Paul
Martyn Atherton summited High Street on June 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] c362 Selside Pike, Branstree (Artlecrag pike), Harter Fell (Mardale), Mardale III Bell, Rough Crag (Riggendale) & High Street [with] Self [weather] Very Sunny & Warm - Fantastic Route 7 hrs
Christine Shepherd conquered High Street on January 28th, 2007 [from/via/route] I have walked from the village of Hartsop, from Kentmere & from Mardale Head [with] On my own [weather] Cold, clear but very, very windy - This was an exciting walk. There was snow & ice on the fells but the real challenge came from the wind. Myself & other walkers that I met were finding it difficult to stand upright. I have visited this peak several times since; 12.4.07, 9.2.08 & in glorious sunshine 24.5.10. Climbed again with Jenny from Mardale Head 7.9.19. Climbed as an extension to the Kentmere Horseshoe on 6.3.22 & after climbing Gray Crag on 20.04.22.
Ian Ashton scaled High Street on April 10th, 2022 [with] Jack Liam Wife
Simon Burgess walked up High Street on February 27th, 2022 [from/via/route] From Haweswater Harter Fell, Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, Kidsty Pike
Jonathan Bevan has climbed High Street [with] Dave Hume - Walk c257
Geoff Hand bagged High Street on September 29th, 2021 [from/via/route] c251 Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head [with] Alone [weather] Generally Dry, windy with occasional showers - Fantastic views of this Southern end of Haweswater.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Street
Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale), Haweswater Reservoir and Selside Pike (far right) from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
The view from the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) featuring Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Rough Crag, High Raise (Mardale) and Whether How above Haweswater Reservoir
High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir
Blea Water with mist still shrouding High Street beyond from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow
Harter Fell (Mardale) (left) and High Street from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from The Old Corpse Road on Mardale Common
*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street
*High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg
Rough Crag beyond Blea Water from above Blea Water Crag between High Street and Mardale Ill Bell
Looking East to the snowy fell tops of Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and High Street from the summit of Little Hart Crag
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