Route outline for walk c235:
Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Bridgend - Patterdale.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 3 English Mountains |
![]() 6 Wainwrights |
![]() 4 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 2 Marilyns |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Fairfield at 873m (2865ft). Fairfield is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 13). Fairfield is also known as a English Nuttall (18th highest in England, 40th highest in England & Wales). Fairfield is also classified as a English Marilyn (7th highest in England, 280th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of St Sunday Crag at 841m (2760ft). St Sunday Crag is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (26th highest in England, 52nd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 22). St Sunday Crag is also known as a English Nuttall (33rd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales). St Sunday Crag is also classified as a English Marilyn (10th highest in England, 328th highest in the UK).
You will also reach the summit of Hart Crag at 822m (2698ft). Hart Crag is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (33rd highest in England, 63rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 27). Hart Crag is also known as a English Nuttall (40th highest in England, 75th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Birks at 622m (2041ft). Birks is classified as a Wainwright (No. 125) and a English Nuttall (228th highest in England, 396th highest in England & Wales); Hartsop Above How at 570m (1871ft). Hartsop Above How is classified as a Wainwright (No. 141) ; Arnison Crag at 433m (1421ft). Arnison Crag is classified as a Wainwright (No. 194)
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Map OL5 | |
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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OS Landranger Map 90 | |
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c235 The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale
In no particular order . . .

Kirk Fell, Looking Stead & Pillar, Ennerdale, High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from Green Gable

The Fairfield Horseshoe from the summit of Fairfield with Dove Crag (left), Rydal Beck, Ambleside, Windermere, Nab Scar and Heron Pike (prominent right)
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