Walking Britain Standing Crag & Dock Tarn from Watendlath
Introduction to Walk 2525
Nat Park - Lake District - Lake District Central Fells
County/Area - Cumbria
Author - Mike Bexley
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
Ascent - 1600 feet / 485 metres
Grade - moderate
This Lake District walk starts from Watendlath, the last hamlet to get electricity in Lakeland and takes in a number of tarns passing through typical lakeland scenery. The walk generally follows clear paths, provides excellent walking and is full of scenic interest. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL4 | 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. | |||
Digital Maps - For more information on digital maps go to Anquet Maps. Digital maps, including Ordnance Survey, Harvey Superwalker and British Mountain Maps, are available for your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android tablet and phone. | |||
Walks from the same start
Other walks nearby
1.5 miles / 2.4 km away
Grange & Watendlath from Rosthwaite
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.6 miles / 12.4 km
1.5 miles / 2.5 km away
Great Gable from Borrowdale Youth Hostel
Grade - hard
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km
1.6 miles / 2.5 km away
Cat Bells & High Spy from Grange
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
1.8 miles / 3.0 km away
Eagle Crag & Seargeant's Crag from Stonethwaite
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
1.8 miles / 3.0 km away
Ullscarf and Watendlath from Stonethwaite
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
1.9 miles / 3.0 km away
High Tove & Blea Tarn from Armboth
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.6 miles / 12.4 km
2.1 miles / 3.3 km away
Ashness Bridge & Grange Fell from Borrowdale
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
2.3 miles / 3.7 km away
A Combe Gill circuit from Seatoller
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km
2.5 miles / 4.0 km away
Helvellyn & Raise from Swirls
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
2.5 miles / 4.0 km away
Helvellyn & Wythburn from Swirls
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 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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