Shipman Knotts
587m (1927ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,417ft (1,041m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Stockdale - Sadgill Bridge - Stockdale Beck - Great Howe - Grey Crag (Sleddale) - Tarn Crag (Sleddale) - Sleddale Fell - Selside Brow - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Kentmere Pike - Goat Scar - Shipman Knotts - Wray Crag - Stockdale
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Shipman Knotts
Tim Winn walked up Shipman Knotts on June 2nd, 2025 [from/via/route] Kentmere [with] Rachel and Helen [weather] Dry. Sunny.
Maxine Down climbed Shipman Knotts on May 4th, 2025 [from/via/route] Up from Kentmere. Parked in the farmer's field.
David Higginbottom bagged Shipman Knotts on April 27th, 2025 [from/via/route] Walk up & down on 204 [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear & nice - Nice pleasant 7k up & down
Richard Holmes hiked Shipman Knotts on April 8th, 2025 [from/via/route] Brockstones [with] Myself. [weather] Hot, not a cloud in the sky.
James Hughes summited Shipman Knotts on June 24th, 2024 [from/via/route] c204 The Longsleddale Horizon from Stockdale Bridge [weather] Beautiful warm sunny day - Very warm day with bad start hiking through Bracken.
Christine Shepherd conquered Shipman Knotts on March 15th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walk c204 'The Lonsleddale Horizon' [with] On my own [weather] Dull - This walk was enhanced greatly by watching a herd of deer running across the moor in front of me. Climbed again on a similar day using the same route, 16.7.20 Finally did walk c204 in sunshine on 24.5.23 Such much easier when you can see the paths & the ground is dry.
Martyn Howarth scaled Shipman Knotts 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!
Richard Fulcher walked up Shipman Knotts on April 18th, 2023 [from/via/route] No parking spaces in Kentmere! Parked off road (almost in a ditch, next to farm track). Set off up to the Garburn Pass, turning right at Garburn Nook & then walked up to Yoke. From Yoke we walked around the Kentmere Horseshoe & completed Ill Bell, Froswick, Mardale Ill Bell, Kentmere Pike & Shipman Knotts. We descended via an old shepherds path passing 3 derelict buildings (shepherds huts?) & then walked along the roads back to the car. 12.14 miles. [with] Jen [weather] Sunny, blue skies, very windy in exposed places.. gusts of 30 to 40 mph. Visibility was okay but hazy. - Tiring because of the distance & total ascent of 3,500 feet.
Ian Ashton climbed Shipman Knotts on April 7th, 2023 [with] Solo
Paul Macey bagged Shipman Knotts on July 24th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Brothers Water using walks c251 & c204
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Shipman Knotts
Shipman Knotts in cloud above Longsleddale from Ancrow Brow (North East Top)
The Kentmere Horseshoe (Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts) from Hollow Moor
Harter Fell (Kentmere), Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts from Hall Wood in the Kentmere Valley
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