Route outline for walk c427:
Patterdale - Patterdale Church - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Lanty's Tarn - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge (optional) - Hole-in-the-Wall - Grisedale Beck - Patterdale.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 1 English Mountain |
![]() 1 Wainwright |
![]() 2 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 1 Marilyn |
![]() 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 Striding Edge at 863m (2832ft). Striding Edge is also known as an English Nuttall (23rd highest in England, 48th highest in England & Wales).
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 c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale
In no particular order . . .

Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn

Hallin Fell from a viewpoint on the descent from High Dodd (Sleet Fell)

Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and The Vale of Edale from the summit of Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)

Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
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