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.


You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL5 The English Lakes - North Eastern area


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

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside


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 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 - Selside Pike summit cairn

Selside Pike summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (14)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Nan Bield Pass and Small Water with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Nan Bield Pass and Small Water with Rough Crag and High Street beyond from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (16)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Grange Fell (Brund Fell) summit cairn

Grange Fell (Brund Fell) summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (230)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Survey Post on Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Survey Post on Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: David Hayter (99)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - The Rigg, Wood Howe and Haweswater from Selside Pike

The Rigg, Wood Howe and Haweswater from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (100)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Small Water with Rough Crag (Riggindale) beyond from Nan Bield Pass

Small Water with Rough Crag (Riggindale) beyond from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Phillip Houlton (19)

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

Gatescarth Pass

Photo: David Hayter (303)

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

Mardale Head from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (98)

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 - 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 Tarn from High Street

Blea Tarn from High Street

Photo: Matt Delemare (7)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - *Snow on Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from High Street

*Snow on Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from High Street

Photo: Richard Nicholls (61)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Swindale from Selside Pike

Swindale from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (102)

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

Haweswater Reservoir from Mardale Head

Photo: Glenn Philpott (1)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Rough Crag (Riggindale) from High Street

Rough Crag (Riggindale) from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (48)

Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head - Me on the summit of High Street in the snow

Me on the summit of High Street in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (89)

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)


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