Route outline for walk c264:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Arnison Crag - Patterdale.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 4 English Mountains |
![]() 8 Wainwrights |
![]() 8 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 3 Marilyns |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Helvellyn at 950m (3118ft). Helvellyn is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (3rd highest in England, 12th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 3). Helvellyn is also known as a English Nuttall (4th highest in England, 14th highest in England & Wales). Helvellyn is also classified as a English Marilyn (2nd highest in England, 165th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Nethermost Pike at 891m (2924ft). Nethermost Pike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 9). Nethermost Pike is also known as a English Nuttall (14th highest in England, 34th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Striding Edge at 863m (2832ft). Striding Edge is also known as an English Nuttall (23rd highest in England, 48th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Dollywaggon Pike at 858m (2816ft). Dollywaggon Pike is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (20th highest in England, 43rd highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 18) and a English Nuttall (25th highest in England, 51st highest in England & Wales); St Sunday Crag at 841m (2760ft). St Sunday Crag is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (26th England, 52nd highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 22), a English Nuttall (33rd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales); Seat Sandal at 736m (2416ft). Seat Sandal is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (76th England, 131st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 68), a English Nuttall (94th highest in England, 161st highest in England & Wales); Birkhouse Moor at 718m (2356ft). Birkhouse Moor is classified as a Wainwright (No. 79) and a English Nuttall (110th highest in England, 188th highest in England & Wales); 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); 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 c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale
In no particular order . . .

*Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Red Tarn (Langdale)

High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from the top of Green Gable
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