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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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
Mark Davidson walked up High Street on March 26th, 2003 [with] Alone [weather] Warm & sunny with huge views - just fantastic - Climbed again on March 6th, 2005 in the snow.
Richard Holmes climbed High Street on April 7th, 2025 [from/via/route] Troutbeck [with] Myself. [weather] Hot, not a cloud in the sky. Got sunburnt!
Sarah Moore bagged High Street on June 9th, 2024 [from/via/route] 5 Valleys From Ambleside >> Troutbeck >> up & over to Hayeswater [with] 599 other nutters [weather] Great conditions - clear for the most & dry but cool - No food inside me because of nerves & have never been so ill on a mountain nor felt so dizzy & want to sleep. Stopped at first checkpoint but will go again. Incredible views from this one!
James Hughes hiked High Street on September 18th, 2024 [from/via/route] c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head [weather] Beautiful clear warm day. - Walked in reverse. Climbed from Kidsty Pike. Tired after walk preceding day. Included Adam's Seat. Descent from Selside Pike boggy on Old Corpse Road. Poor expensive pint of Mary Jane at Haweswater Hotel.
Martin Hartshorne summited High Street on June 21st, 2024 [from/via/route] Mardale head [with] finley [weather] Sunshine then clouded over. Windy & cool higher up
Claire Kirk conquered High Street on December 26th, 2023 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge car park [with] Sarah and Leigh [weather] Cold but fine. Slight snow flurry
Martyn Howarth scaled 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 walked up High Street on July 24th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Brothers Water using walks c251 & c204
Adrian Howard climbed 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 bagged High Street on December 3rd, 2022 [with] Dotty & Paul
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Street
High Street, Kidsty Pike and High Raise (Mardale) from the summit cairn on Harper Hills
*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street
The Rigg (bottom left), Rough Crag (Riggindale) and High Street with a touch of snow on it across Haweswater Reservoir from near Rowantreethwaite Beck on Mardale Banks
High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir
Harter Fell (Mardale) (far left), Nan Bield Pass, Rough Crag, Riggindale Crag, High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale) Wether Hill and Wether Hill (South Top) from the cairn marking the high point on the Old Corpse Road (Haweswater)
Harter Fell (Mardale) (left) and High Street from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
My wife Terry and two youngest daughters Emily & Elizabeth on their 1st Wainwright (High Street) taken on a Bank Holiday Sunday a couple of years ago
Thornthwaite Crag & High Street from below Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)
Rough Crag beyond Blea Water from above Blea Water Crag between High Street and Mardale Ill Bell
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