Walking Britain Bannerdale, Boredale & Beda Head from Martindale
Introduction to Walk 1242
Nat Park - Lake District - Lake District Far Eastern Fells
County/Area - Cumbria
Author - Lou Johnson
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
Ascent - 2345 feet / 711 metres
Time - 6 hours 50 minutes
Grade - moderate
The valleys of Bannerdale and Boredale are connected by a climb up to Boredale Hause in this Lake District walk. The route gives a taste of the rural character of the eastern Lake District valleys and also offers an ascent to the summit of Beda Head with its superb view to Ullswater and beyond. Wainwrights included in this walk are - Beda Fell. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description). A route profile is also provided.
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL5 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL5 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 90 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 90 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Walks from the same start
Other walks nearby
2.7 miles / 4.4 km away
A circuit of Gowbarrow Fell, Ullswater
Grade - moderate
Length - 3.5 miles / 5.7 km
3.2 miles / 5.1 km away
Birks & Arnison Crag from Patterdale
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km
3.2 miles / 5.1 km away
Helvellyn & Fairfield Horseshoe from Patterdale
Grade - very hard
Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km
3.2 miles / 5.1 km away
Place Fell from Patterdale
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km
3.2 miles / 5.1 km away
Circuit of Boredale from Patterdale
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 11.5 miles / 18.7 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Helvellyn via Striding and Swirral Edges
Grade - hard
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Red Tarn & Grisedale from Glenridding
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
St. Sunday Crag & Helvellyn from Glenridding
Grade - hard
Length - 11.5 miles / 18.7 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Glenridding Dodd & Sheffield Pike from Glenridding
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Red Tarn & Birkhouse Moor from Glenridding
Grade - moderate
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
Recommended Reading
Lake District: Low Level and Lake Walks
This guidebook describes 30 of the best low-level walks in the Lake District. From delightful wooded glades and sparkling tarns, to waterfalls and glacier-carved valleys towered over by craggy mountains. The walks described aim to seek out the best walking that the lower areas of the Lake District have to offer.
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