Great Stickle & Stickle Pike
Introduction to Walk 1301
Nat Park - Lake District - Lake District Southern Fells
County/Area - Cumbria
Author - Lou Johnson
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km
Ascent - 1450 feet / 439 metres
Time - 4 hours 0 minutes
Grade - moderate
This Lake District walk includes two lower fells that rise above the Duddon valley. Great Stickle and Stickle Pike offer excellent walking with fine views of this beautiful valley and the surrounding fells. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Please maintain social distancing - keep at least 2 metres away from other walkers.
Maps | |||
Ordnance Survey Explorer OL6 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
Anquet OS Explorer OL6 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
Ordnance Survey Landranger 96 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
Anquet OS Landranger 96 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. |
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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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