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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5mls (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,935ft (590m) | |
| Time: | 4hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route outline for walk c210:
Coniston - Walna Scar Road - Goat's Water - The Old Man of Coniston - Low Water - Walna Scar Road - Coniston.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 1 Wainwright |
 1 English Nuttall |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is The Old Man of Coniston at 803m (2635ft). The Old Man of Coniston is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (37th highest in England, 71st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 30). The Old Man of Coniston is also known as a English Nuttall (45th highest in England, 87th highest in England & Wales). The Old Man of Coniston is also classified as a English Marilyn (14th highest in England, 387th highest in the UK).
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL6 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 96 or 97 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c210 The Old Man of Coniston from the Walna Scar Road, Coniston
In no particular order . . .
Lovely days climbing at Trevor Rocks in Llangollen with the Clywdian range in the background
Me jumping for joy at the great view from at Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, with Edinburgh Castle in the background
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom
Blawith Common, Torver Low Common and The Coniston Fells from Beacon (Blawith Fells)
Me dismounting The Cioch (or Cioch Buttress) on the South West ridge of Sgurr Sgumain (Sgurr Alasdair) in The Cuillin Hills, Isle fo Skye
Scar Crags with Sail (Derwent Fells) and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) beyond from Causey Pike
Arnside Knott, Humphrey Head, Dixon Heights (Newton Fell) and Saskills (Newton Fell) from the Whitbarrow Scar ridge
Callow (left), Nills, Church Stretton, The Lawley, Caer Caradoc Hill and Ragleth Hill (right) from near Minton
My wife Imogen, my two boys Jonathan and Matthew and me on Coniston Old Man
Ysgafell Wen (North Top) and Llynnau'r Cwn from Ysgafell Wen (Far North Top)
Cwm Idwal featuring Glyder Fawr (left), Twll Du or The Devil's Kitchen (centre) and Y Garn (right)
Souther Fell summit cairn with Blencathra (or Saddleback) (distance) and Bannerdale Crags in the background
Lake Coniston under a temperature inversion from the car park at Walna Scar Road
Mellbreak taken in the evening sunlight from the Kirkstile Inn in Loweswater Village
Looking across Great Langdale to Side Pike and Lingmoor Fell from Stickle Ghyll, The Langdale Pikes
Derwent Water with Maiden Moor, Cat Bells (Catbells) and Causey Pike (right) beyond from Friar's Crag
Bamford Edge, Bamford Moor with Stanage Edge (Stanage Edge) in the distance
The Packhorse Bridge over The River Derwent at the northern end of Howden Reservoir
Harley Dingle/New Radnor Firing Range Warning sign below Three Riggles with Black Mixen, Bache Hill and Whimble on the horizon, Radnor Forest
*Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Red Tarn (Langdale)
Victory (left), Defiance and Royal Soverin (right) - the three large boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge
Mynydd Drws-y-coed (The Nantlle Ridge) and Trum y Ddysgl from Y Garn (Moel Hebog)
High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Looking Stead (Pillar)
*Derwent Water with Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell and High Seat beyond from Cat Bells (Catbells)
Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and The Vale of Edale from the summit of Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)
The Fairfield Horseshoe from the summit of Fairfield with Dove Crag (left), Rydal Beck, Ambleside, Windermere, Nab Scar and Heron Pike (prominent right)
Wild Camping at Loch Lundie between Invergarry and Fort Augustus in the Great Glen
Winhill Pike (Win Hill), Ladybower Reservoir and Crook Hill from Dovestones Tor, Derwent Edge
Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd (left) and Mynydd Drws-y-coed with Moel Eilio (right, in the distance) from the cairn on the summit of Moel Yr Ogof
On the lower slopes of Ben Nevis with Meall an t-Suidhe and Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe in the background
The Cannon Kissing Gate allowing access into Chatsworth Park from Baslow
Kinder Reservoir and Mermaid's Pool from near the Kinder Downfall, Kinder Scout
Hallin Fell from a viewpoint on the descent from High Dodd (Sleet Fell)
Wasdale Head featuring Yewbarrow (left), Great Gable (centre), Lingmell (right) and the lower slopes of Scafell Pike (right) from across Wast Water
Malvern (Worcestershire Beacon) and Sugarloaf Hill (Malverns) from North Hill (Malverns)
The Ordnance Survey Triangulation Piller on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston
Public Footpath number 3, which runs from Fen Road to Walcott Road, Billinghay
The Plaque beneath the Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore
Harter Fell (Eskdale) (right) and Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) (left) from Great Worm Crag
Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) with Mam Tor and Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) beyond during a winter temperature inversion
Farne Islands, Blackrocks Point, Bamburgh Lighthouse and Harkess Rocks from near Budle Point
Barley, Ing Ends and Ogden Reservoirs from the top Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
Ruthwaite Lodge (Climbing Hut), upper Grisedale with Fairfield in the background
Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks with Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Scafell Pike in the distance
Looking down Glen Sligachan from the start of the pinnacle ridge at Sgurr nan Gilliean
Rodney's Pillar (Breidden Hill) (left) and Moel y Golfa (centre) and from the A458 road near the railway bridge at Cefn
The Camouflaged back of the Out of Bounds to all Military Vehicles sign on the access road to Lower Fleetgreen Farm
On the way up Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) on the PYG track with Cribau and Y Lliwedd prominent in the background
Descending in to the Grwyne Fawr Valley from Pen y Gadair Fawr in The Black Mountains
The East face path up of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) wih Pendle House below
Hollins Cross, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Mam Tor
360 degree panorama featuring Great Gable, Green Gable, Little Scoat Fell & Pillar (distance), Brandreth, Dale Head (Newlands), High Spy, Glaramara, Esk Pike, Great End and Scafell Pike from Base Brown
Stream above Dyserth Waterfall (Rhaeadr Dyserth)
from the North Wales Path, Dyserth
. . . see just 10 walk photos from Walk c210 The Old Man of Coniston from the Walna Scar Road, Coniston
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