Walking Britain A Martindale High-level Circuit
Introduction to Walk 2631
Nat Park - Lake District - Lake District Far Eastern Fells
County/Area - Cumbria
Author - Andrew Wright
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km
Ascent - 3600 feet / 1091 metres
Time - 9 hours 10 minutes
Grade - mod/hard
A fairly challenging high-level circuit in the Eastern Fells of the Lake District.The route offers views and seclusion in a beautiful part of Lakeland. The route includes plenty of uphill walking but your efforts are rewarded by the constantly changing panoramas which can be enjoyed in solitude. Wainwrights included in this walk are - Beda Fell, High Raise, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Steel Knotts. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description). A route profile is also provided.
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| 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. | |||
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Place Fell from Patterdale
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Circuit of Boredale from Patterdale
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 11.5 miles / 18.7 km
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Helvellyn via Striding and Swirral Edges
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Red Tarn & Grisedale from Glenridding
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St. Sunday Crag & Helvellyn from Glenridding
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Glenridding Dodd & Sheffield Pike from Glenridding
Grade - easy/mod
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3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Red Tarn & Birkhouse Moor from Glenridding
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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.
Recommended Reading
Short Walks in Lakeland Book 2: North Lakeland
This guidebook contains 57 short half to full-day walks in the northern Lake District. Walking areas include Borrowdale, Newlands, Bassenthwaite, Thirlmere, Ullswater, Haweswater and the area north of Keswick up to Caldbeck. Part of a three-volume series, and predominantly focusing on low-level walks between 2 to 9 miles, and graded for difficulty.
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