Thunacar Knott
723m (2373ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Thunacar Knott is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL6 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Thunacar Knott is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Jack's Rake is a Lakeland Classic - but not for the faint hearted
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5ml (7.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,645ft (806m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale, Stickle Ghyll, Stickle Tarn, Jack's Rake, The Langdale Pikes, Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), Loft Crag, Mark Gate, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Walk c208 Harrison Stickle and High Raise from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Steep scramble - strictly for the adventurous
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,046ft (928m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Stickle Ghyll, Whitegill Crag, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise (Langdale), The Langdale Pikes, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), Loft Crag, Mark Gate, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Walk c281 The Langdale Pikes via North Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
A busy path leads to wild seclusion
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8ml (13km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,924ft (891m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Stickle Ghyll, Stickle Tarn, North Rake, The Langdale Pikes, Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Loft Crag, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), Martcrag Moor, Stake Pass, The Cumbria Way, Stake Gill, Mickleden, Mickleden Beck, The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Walk c329 The Langdale Pikes and High Raise from Stonethwaite
Superb ridge walk with magnificent views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12ml (19km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,502ft (1,067m) | |
| Time: | 7.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Stonethwaite, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Stonethwaite Beck, Galleny Force, The Cumbria Way, Langstrath Beck, Stake Pass, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), Harrison Stickle, Thunacar Knott, High Raise (Langdale), Low White Stones, Greenup Edge, Ullscarf, Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell), Willygrass Gill, Dock Tarn.
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) | |
| 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 Mann, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Loft Crag, Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle), High Raise (Langdale), Codale Head, Tarn Crag, Far Easedale Gill, Sourmilk Falls, Far Easedale Beck, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Thunacar Knott
Sarah Culverhouse walked up on August 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] NDG [with] Mary Puppins [weather] glorious sunshine
Andy Buxton climbed during November, 1989 [from/via/route] From NDG: Blea Rigg, Sergeant Mann, High Raise and Thunacar Knott [with] Solo [weather] Very dreary - I was glad I didn't waste a decent day on this one!
Adrian Howard bagged on September 6th, 2014 [from/via/route] Dungeon Ghyll Car park
Andrew Douthwaite hiked on May 31st, 2020 [from/via/route] c281 [with] Hannah [weather] Full Sun - First walk after lockdown - encountered skinny dippers.
Victoria Bates summited on August 2nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Old dungeon ghyll [with] Mark, Kathryn and Reece [weather] Dreadful
Andrew Johnson conquered on October 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] New Dungeon Ghyl [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy, misty on tops
Penelope Twemlow scaled on August 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] From Dungeon Ghyll up the main path to Stickle Tarn then round the back to Pavey Ark up North Rake, across to Thunacar Knott and back across to Harrison Stickle [with] My little ones [weather] Dry, warm, sunny in the morning, overcast in the afternoon
Richard Marchant walked up on December 21st, 1986 [from/via/route] For this walk we used two cars. One car we left at Thirlmere and then piled in to the other car and drove it round to Langdale to start the walk. This route took us from New Dungeon Ghyll up Stickle Ghyll to Stickle Tarn where we ascended between Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark and then went on to Thunacar Knott on to High Raise, then along to Low White Stone-Greenup Edge then down to Wythburn. [with] Nick Harker, Chris Aylen and Mark Howard [weather] Blue Skies, very cold and quite a bit of snow with a snow line at about 400m - 4 Navy lads on a 4 day stay in the Lakes before going our separate ways to our homes to spend the rest of our Xmas leave with our families. A great 4 days in the Lakes where we each had a day leading our own walks. We did 1) Helvellyn, 2) Great Gable, 3) Langdale over to Thirlmere and 4) Fairfield Horseshoe
Alan Jolly climbed on May 4th, 2019 [from/via/route] New Dungeon Ghyill Hotel Great Langdale [with] Denis Jolly @ Ste Halton [weather] Sunny and warm - Technical scramble up Jack's Rake
Richard Holmes bagged on March 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Stickle/ dungeon gill [with] Myself. [weather] Good day, some winds. Decent visibility.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Thunacar Knott
*Harrison Stickle (left) and Pike of Stickle (right) and the Langdale Pikes Plateau from Thunacar Knott
High Raise (Langdale) (left) and Seargent Man (dark pimple far right) from Thunacar Knott
*High Raise (Langdale) and Seargent Man (dark pimple left of centre) and Codale Head from Thunacar Knott
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