Walk Route Map c255 Orrest Head and School Knott from Windermere

Walk c255 Orrest Head and School Knott from Windermere

A gentle stroll to fine views

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7½mls (12km)
Ascent:	787ft (240m)
Time:	3½hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route outline for walk c255:

Windermere - Ellery Woods - Orrest Head - Near Orrest Farm - Mislet Farm - Heaning Farm - Blackmoss Farm - School Knott Plantation - School Knott - The Dales Way - High Cleabarrow Farm - Matson Ground - Heaththwaite Manor - Windermere

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

0
English
Mountains

0
Wainwrights

0
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

2
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Orrest Head at 238m (781ft). Orrest Head is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 97)

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of School Knott at 232m (761ft). School Knott is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 101)

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dales Way, a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England with Bowness-On-Windermere in Cumbria, England. The Dales Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dales Way.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL7
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 96 or 97
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c255 Orrest Head and School Knott from Windermere

In no particular order . . .

Lake Windermere from Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: Kath Waterston (5)

School Knott summit

Photo: Andy Lyons (100)

Orrest Head summit

Photo: Clare Howard (3)

Me at the top of Orrest Head overlooking the valley

Photo: Nanci Moll (2)

Lake Windermere

Photo: Linda Baker (7)

Brant Fell from Matson Ground

Photo: Andy Lyons (95)

Lake Windermere from School Knott summit

Photo: Craig Bowe (4)

The Old Man of Coniston from Windermere

Photo: Eddie Lismore (2)

*Windermere from Orrest Head

Photo: Alan Sturges (1)

Walk c255 Orrest Head and School Knott from Windermere - Iain, Tim and I finishing the mammoth 80 odd mile Dales Way walk at Windermere on the finishing seat

Iain, Tim and I finishing the mammoth 80 odd mile Dales Way walk at Windermere on the finishing seat

Photo: James Cooke (1)

School Knott

Photo: Andy Malcolm (202)

Lake Windermere from nr Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: Kath Waterston (6)

Matson Ground

Photo: Andy Lyons (91)

Windermere from Orrest Head summit

Photo: Ken Anderson (2)

Looking North West to Windermere from a wet and rainy Orrest Head

Photo: Clare Howard (2)

Lone tree beside the small lake on the Dales way south west of School Knott

Photo: Andy Lyons (102)

The Windermere Ferry

Photo: Darryl Walters (1)

*The Coniston Ridge

Photo: Eddie Lismore (3)

Approaching the top of School Knott

Photo: Andy Lyons (96)

Windermere from School Knott

Photo: Christine Shepherd (76)

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