Silver How
395m (1296ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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You can walk/hike to the top of Silver How by using any of these 3 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
Walk c105 Lang How and Silver How from Grasmere
Fine Views of Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5ml (7.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,296ft (395m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Walk c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere
Good ridge walk above Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,936ft (895m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Sour Milk Gill - Sourmilk Gill Falls - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Sergeant Man - Blea Rigg - Great Castle How - Little Castle How - Raw Pike - Swinescar Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Spedding Crag - Dow Bank - Huntingstile Crag - Grasmere
Walk c428 The Langdale Pikes, High Raise and The Easedale Fells from Grasmere
Long high level round
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,991ft (1,216m) |
| Time: | 9 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Allan Bank - Wray Gill - Silver How - Lang How - Sinescar Pike - Little Castle How - Great Castle How - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle - Loft Crag - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) - High Raise (Langdale) - Codale Head - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Far Easedale Gill - Sourmilk Falls - Far Easedale Beck - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
See Silver How and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Central Fells of The Lake District National Park
Less data - quicker to download
The Whole of The Lake District National Park
More data - might take a little longer to download
See Silver How and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Maps:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers' Maps might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
You can find Silver How & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Silver How
James Hughes walked up Silver How on March 16th, 2025 [from/via/route] c144 Sergeant Man from Stickle Tarn [weather] Cloudy & cold on tops - Climbed to Stickle Tarn & then up to Sergeant Man. Descended over Blea Rigg & then Silver How. Pleasant descent back into Langdale Valley before returning to New Dungeon Ghyll.
Pete George climbed it on February 22nd, 2025 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Roco [weather] Good but wet underneath meant crossings in spate
Claire Kirk bagged it on November 28th, 2024 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Self [weather] Cold but sunny, windy at the summit
David Higginbottom hiked Silver How on October 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] C144 [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear - A little boggy miserable walk
Andrew Gayne summited on September 4th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Grasmere [with] Becky [weather] Sunny day - Walked up from Grasmere on a circular route from the Bridge Hotel
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Silver How
Great Langdale with Blea Rigg, Lang How and Silver How (left) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from the foot of Oxendale
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