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Walk 3029 - Walla Crag from Keswick

Nat Park   Lake District
County/Area   Cumbria
AuthorLou Johnson
Length6.5 miles / 10.6 km
Ascent1550 feet / 470 metres
Gradeeasy/moderate

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Walla Crag from Keswick is a popular Lake District walk. This short but very sweet walk includes Ashness Bridge and provides excellent views across Derwentwater to many of the Lakeland fells.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

OS ExplorerSheet OL4
OS LandrangerSheet 90

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

Walks from the same start

Walk 3037
High Seat & Bleaberry Fell from Keswick
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km

Other walks nearby

Walk 2587 - 1.1 miles / 1.8 km away
Castlerigg Stone Circle & St John's in the Vale
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1356 - 1.1 miles / 1.8 km away
Walla Crag from Great Wood
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km

Walk 3525 - 1.6 miles / 2.5 km away
Catbells from Gutherscale
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 4.0 miles / 6.5 km

Walk 2036 - 1.6 miles / 2.5 km away
Catbells from Gutherscale
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 4.0 miles / 6.5 km

Walk 1073 - 1.9 miles / 3.0 km away
Skiddaw & Glenderaterra Beck from Underscar
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km

Walk 1244 - 1.9 miles / 3.0 km away
Lonscale Fell & Latrigg from Underscar Lane
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km

Walk 1108 - 2.1 miles / 3.3 km away
Ashness Bridge & Grange Fell from Borrowdale
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km

Walk 1155 - 2.2 miles / 3.4 km away
Causey Pike from Stoneycroft, nr. Braithwaite
Grade - moderate
Length - 6.3 miles / 10.2 km

Walk 1120 - 2.4 miles / 3.9 km away
Grisedale Pike & Crag Hill from Braithwaite
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 2038 - 2.4 miles / 3.9 km away
Tower Ridge on Eel Crag returning via Sail & Barrow
Grade - hard
Length - 6.3 miles / 10.2 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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