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Walk 1124 - Beacon Tarn & The Beacon, near Torver

Nat Park   Lake District
County/Area   Cumbria
AuthorLou Johnson
Length4.0 miles / 6.5 km
Ascent800 feet / 242 metres
Gradeeasy/moderate

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This Lake District walk to the summit of a relatively offers some wonderful views. The Beacon is so called beacuse you can see from the Cumbrian Coast in the south and to the Coniston Fells in the north. As a bonus the walk includes a circuit of Beacon Tarn which nestles in the typically rugged Lakeland landscape.

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Walk 3110 - 2.4 miles / 3.9 km away
The Old Man of Coniston & Dow Crag from Torver
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1911 - 3.8 miles / 6.1 km away
Coniston’s Magnificent Seven
Grade - hard
Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km

Walk 1217 - 4.2 miles / 6.6 km away
Dow Crag & the Old Man of Coniston
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1761 - 4.2 miles / 6.6 km away
Tom Heights and Tarn Hows from Coniston
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 3028 - 4.2 miles / 6.6 km away
Tarn Hows & Tom Gill from Coniston
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km

Walk 3220 - 4.2 miles / 6.6 km away
Wetherlam from Coniston by Red Dell
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 1301 - 5.7 miles / 9.2 km away
Great Stickle & Stickle Pike
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km

Walk 3410 - 5.9 miles / 9.5 km away
Latterbarrow from Hawkshead
Grade - easy
Length - 4.0 miles / 6.5 km

Walk 2033 - 6.3 miles / 10.1 km away
Wetherlam from Tilberthwaite
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km

Walk 3234 - 6.6 miles / 10.6 km away
Gummers How via Chapel House Wood, South Lake District
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
 


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