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) |
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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