Bagged Illgill Head 609m (1999ft) The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

Illgill Head Photograph by Ian Mansell Illgill Head is classified as a: Wainwright (No. 129) Dewey (1st in Eng, 1st in Eng & Wales) Marilyn (52nd in Eng, 754th in GB)   Illgill Head is on interactive maps: OS Explorer (Orange Covers) sheet: OL6 OS Landranger (Pink Covers) sheet: 89

Illgill Head is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:

• The Southern Fells area of The Lake District

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You can walk to the top of Illgill Head by using any of these 3 easy to follow route maps:

Walk c440 Whin Rigg, Illgill Head and Boat How from Miterdale Bridge

Route Summary: - Miterdale Bridge, Porterthwaite, Miterdale Forest, Irton Fell, Greathall Gill, Whin Rigg, Illgill Head, Burnmoor Tarn, Burnmoor Lodge, Eskdale Moor, Ellerhow Moss, Boat How, Low Longrigg, River Mite, Low Place Farm, Miterdale Bridge.

Length: 14km (8¾ miles) | Ascent: 715m (2,347ft) | Allow at least: 5½hrs | Grade: Moderate

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Walk c116 Illgill Head and Whin Rigg from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell Gill, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg, Greathall Gill, Wasdale Hall Youth Hostel, Wast Water, Wasdale Head.

Length: 14.5km (9 miles) | Ascent: 732m (2,402ft) | Allow at least: 5¾hrs | Grade: Moderate

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Walk c423 The Wast Water Round from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell Gill, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg, Greathall Gill, Low Wood, Lund Bridge, Woodhow Farm, Woodhow Tarn, Scale Farm, Tosh Tarn, Gill Farm, Gill Beck, Buckbarrow, Cold Well, Nether Wasdale Common, Seatallan, Windscale Hows, Middle Fell (Wasdale), Greendale Farm, Nether Beck, Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.

Length: 24.5km (15¼ miles) | Ascent: 1,475m (4,841ft) | Allow at least: 10½hrs | Grade: Very Hard

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Illgill Head

John Almond walked up Illgill Head on July 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] Solo walk from Wasdale Head NT car park - ILLGILL HEAD - Whin Rigg - Illgill Head - Wainwright 143 [weather] Warm, but rather cloudy until mid afternoon

Chris Sheard climbed Illgill Head on April 9th, 2018 [from/via/route] Up from Strands Inn through steep gill to ridge passing through Whin Rigg. fabulous day [with] George [weather] Started and finished with broken cloud and sun - Very steep up and nice circuit

Craig Steeland bagged Illgill Head on August 30th, 2017 [from/via/route] From car park near Santon Bridge below Irton Pike [with] Sue [weather] Partly cloudy and cool with light winds - Muddy and heavy going underfoot. Not a walk that will be repeated. Took and out and back route rather than walking along the road or along Wasdale Screes.

Tracey Cowell hiked Illgill Head on August 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] Andrew Foster/ Billy Foster/ David Miles/ Odin Miles [weather] Cloudy

Simon Boddy summited Illgill Head on June 25th, 2017 [from/via/route] Eskdale [with] HF Holidays [weather] Sunny and breezy

John Walter conquered Illgill Head on May 6th, 2017 [from/via/route] . [with] Tricia

Richard Fulcher scaled Illgill Head on May 2nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] Jen [weather] Sunny, clear blue sky, windy - The path up from Wasdale Head was well marked & firm under foot. The tops were very pleasant but the walk down Greathall Gill was tricky and it wasn't easy to find the path near the bottom. However, by far the worst part of the walk (sometimes dangerous) was along the shore of the lake with many scree slopes to navigate across - loose boulders and rocks. We were late back after 10.5 hours.

Anthony Scott walked up Illgill Head on May 2nd, 2017 [from/via/route] YHA Wasdale Hall [with] me [weather] White cloud, lots of sun. Lovely!

John Tippins climbed Illgill Head on February 14th, 2017 [from/via/route] Scaly Moss [weather] Bright, beautiful, sunny day but with very strong winds gusting at 50mph. Made ascents difficult. - Approached by four young men in the car park who asked my advice on doing Scafell Pike - they had about seven hours daylight. I told them I was keeping of the highest peaks because of the high winds but thought they could do it before sunset. They assured me they had everything they needed. I hope they did it OK.

Mark Davidson bagged Illgill Head on April 9th, 2009 [with] Mike [weather] Good - nice and sunny - Had been up both Whin Rigg and Illgill Head before but the main purpose of the walk was to bag Boat How.

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