Middle Dodd
654m (2146ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,373ft (723m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Caiston Beck - Brothers Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,737ft (834m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Caiston Beck - Cow Bridge - Brothers Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,699ft (1,127m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Cow Bridge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,501ft (1,676m) |
| Time: | 10½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Caudale Head - Pike How - St Raven's Edge - The Kirkstone Pass - Red Screes - Smallthwaite Band - Middle Dodd - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Little Hart Crag - Scandale Head - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Cow Bridge
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Middle Dodd
Simon Myerscough walked up Middle Dodd on November 26th, 2025 [from/via/route] Started from Sykeside Camp site, paid £5 for parking & used toilets there. Beautiful day, cold sunny some ice on tops but not much. [with] Joanne [weather] No wind & cold & very sunny - gorgeous
Jason Aspinall climbed Middle Dodd on May 1st, 2025 [from/via/route] Brothers Water [weather] Sunny
Andrew Gayne bagged Middle Dodd on April 30th, 2025 [from/via/route] From Brothers Water Car Park [with] Becky [weather] Really sunny & very hot, hottest day of the year - In the lakes for 2 days. Stayed in Ambleside overnight & drove to Brothers Water. A long lovely walk to the start of the climb up Middle Dodd but got lost & missed the path & had a tortuous climb up a mossy steep slope that made for a difficult & long walk. Went on to Red Screes, then Little Hart Crag & finally High Hartsop Dodd
David Higginbottom hiked Middle Dodd on April 30th, 2025 [from/via/route] Walk 351 very nice walk but tough at start [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear & nice & sunny
Mr M A Blanchard summited Middle Dodd on March 23rd, 2025 [with] The mutts - My 300th UK mountain
Caroline Winter conquered Middle Dodd on October 21st, 2024 [from/via/route] Patterdale roadside, Middle Dodd, Red screes, [with] Becky [weather] Cold - Ground wet under foot, set off late in day & almost benighted.
Richard Fulcher scaled Middle Dodd on October 31st, 2024 [from/via/route] Parked in a layby near Caudale Bridge on the Kirkstone Pass. Walked down to the footbridge over Kirkstone Beck & then began the relentlessly steep ascent to the top of Middle Dodd. From there we followed an extremely boggy route across to the Red Screes-Scandale Pass path. We ascended the path on the opposite side of the Scandale Pass up to the tarn near Little Hart Crag, then followed another boggy path to the summit of Little Hart Crag. From there we descended to High Hartsop Dodd & then down the other side to the barn at the base of the fell. We then followed the path across the boulder strewn fields to Hartsop Hall & back to the car via Sykeside. [with] Jen [weather] Most of the walk over 1000 feet was in low cloud. This dispersed around 3pm to give a wonderful show of swirling clouds flowing over the fells, backlit be the sun. We even had 'Glory' & 'Brocken Spectre' - due the low sun piercing through the low cloud! The temperature varied between 14C at low levels to single figures on the tops … the wind also varied tremendously, at times blowing 30mph on the exposed sections for a while .. but still at ground level. - Great views when the low cloud dispersed.
Ian Ashton walked up Middle Dodd on April 2nd, 2022 [with] Solo - Done 2nd time 29/09/24 with jph
James Hughes climbed Middle Dodd on June 2nd, 2024 [from/via/route] Red Screes & Little Hart Crag from Cow Bridge c351 - From Brotherswater Inn [weather] Clear - Post walk pint in Brotherswater Inn... stiff climb up Middle Dodd, meander down to Little Hart Crag passing group of older walkers.
Kate Peacock bagged Middle Dodd on July 5th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Cow Bridge free car park [with] Me, Sheila & Skye [weather] Cloudy & windy, had to layer up however no rain. Underfoot was slippy
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Middle Dodd
Me, Wainwright bagging, at the top of Middle Dodd with Brothers Water and Place Fell in the distance
Middle Dodd with Place Fell, Angletarn Peaks and Hartsop Dodd beyond Brothers Water in the valley below from Red Screes
Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Snarker Pike, the Scandale Valley and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
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