Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

Stunning Haweswater


Route outline for walk c251:

Mardale Head  -  Haweswater  -  Rowantreethwaite Beck  -  Old Corpse Road  -  Selside Pike  -  Branstree (North East Top)  -  Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)  -  Gatescarth Pass  -  Adam Seat  -  Harter Fell (Mardale)  -  Nan Bield Pass  -  Mardale Ill Bell  -  High Street  -  Riggindale  -  Rampsgill Head  -  Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk  -  Kidsty Pike  -  Kidsty Howes  -  Bowderthaite Bridge  -  The Rigg  -  Mardale Head




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
5
English
Mountains
Wainwright
7
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
7
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
1
Marilyn
Bridget
1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is High Street at 828m (2717ft). High Street is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (32nd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 25).

High Street is also known as an English Nuttall (38th highest in England, 70th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (11th highest in England, 345th highest in the UK).

The summit of High Street is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Rampsgill Head at 792m (2600ft). Rampsgill Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (46th highest in England, 84th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 39).

Rampsgill Head is also known as an English Nuttall (55th highest in England, 103rd highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Kidsty Pike at 780m (2560ft). Kidsty Pike is classified as an Wainwright (No. 46).

Kidsty Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (64th highest in England, 115th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.



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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

In no particular order . . .

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The view from the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) featuring Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Rough Crag, High Raise (Mardale) and Whether How above Haweswater Reservoir

The view from the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) featuring Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Rough Crag, High Raise (Mardale) and Whether How above Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Robert Hall (71)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) Summit

Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) Summit

Photo: David Hayter (96)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The summit of Howes

The summit of Howes

Photo: David Elliott (54)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Me on Harter Fell (Mardale) summit cairn

Me on Harter Fell (Mardale) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (517)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - West from Mardale Ill Bell

West from Mardale Ill Bell

Photo: David Mulvey (7)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir from Gatescarth Pass

Haweswater Reservoir from Gatescarth Pass

Photo: Andy Malcolm (221)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - High Street summit Trig Point

High Street summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (518)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from High Street

Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from High Street

Photo: Phillip Houlton (14)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Looking West from the summit of High Street

Looking West from the summit of High Street

Photo: Jason Greenall (1)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - John, Andy and myself on High Street in the snow

John, Andy and myself on High Street in the snow

Photo: Richard Jennings (4)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Adam Seat summit

Adam Seat summit

Photo: Phillip Houlton (21)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Kidsty Pike from Rampsgill Head

Kidsty Pike from Rampsgill Head

Photo: Robert Hall (23)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - A small tarn near the summit of Howes

A small tarn near the summit of Howes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (382)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - High Street summit

High Street summit

Photo: William Ringwood (50)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from The Old Corpse Road on Mardale Common

The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from The Old Corpse Road on Mardale Common

Photo: Christine Shepherd (13)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Mardale Head and Riggindale from Selside Pike

Mardale Head and Riggindale from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (101)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Blea Water from High Street

Blea Water from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (49)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Approaching Kidsty Pike from Rampsgill Head

Approaching Kidsty Pike from Rampsgill Head

Photo: Paul Holroyd (8)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Katie says a prayer to the weather Gods on Ill Bell

Katie says a prayer to the weather Gods on Ill Bell

Photo: Reasons Togonorth (6)


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