Castlerigg
Stone Circle Keswick
Midsummer night 21st June brings New Age Travellers
to the Stone
Circle
(within easy walking distance from the Guest
House)
The 20 HIGHEST MOUNTAINS in the
LAKE DISTRICT
(Height in Feet)
1
Scawfell Pike
3210
11
Esk Pike
2903
2
Scawfell
3162
12
Raise
2889
3
Helvellyn
3118
13
Fairfield
2863
4
Skiddaw
3053
14
Blencathra
2847
5
Great End
2984
15
Skiddaw Little Man
2837
6
Bowfell
2960
16
Whiteside
2832
7
Great Gable
2949
17
Crinkle Crags
2816
8
Pillar
2927
18
Dollywaggon Pike
2810
9
Nethermost Pike
2920
19
Great Dodd
2807
10
Catstycam
2917
20
Grassmoor
2791
LAKES > MERES & WATERS
NAME
Miles Long
Miles Wide
Feet Deep
1
Windermere
10.5
1.25
219
2
Ullswater
7.5
0.75
205
3
Coniston
5.25
0.5
184
4
Bassenthwaite Lake
4
0.75
70
5
Thirlmere (Reservoir)
3.8
0.5
158
6
Hawswater (Reservoir)
4
0.5
198
7
Derwentwater
3.5
1.25
172
8
Crummock Water
3.4
0.8
144
9
Wastwater
3.1
0.5
260
10
Ennerdale
2.5
0.75
148
11
Esthwaite
1.5
0.5
80
12
Buttermere
1.25
0.8
95
13
Loweswater
1.25
0.8
60
14
Grasmere
1
0.5
75
15
Rydal
Water
0.75
0.25
65
16
Brothers Water
0.4
0.25
70
17
Elterwater
0.4
varies
70
18
Tarn
Howes (man-made)
(Deep enough to drown)
Mountains
for Fell Walking + Climbing
(5see
above for full range)
Skiddaw
: (3053ft / 931m)
- a good introduction to "climbing a mountain" It is
an easy but steep, wide path up the main route.
Stout Walking Boots rqd. Fantastic views off the
top. Approx. 3 hours up and down.
Helvellyn and
Blencathra
are both popular
choices by Visiting Walkers/Climbers.
Gentler Fell Walking
-
There is a wide Bridlepath winding it's way up
Latrigg Fell
(just over 1000ft / 367m) It's
an easy 3/4 hour or less to the top - fantastic
panoramic views over Keswick > Borrowdale (left) :
Bassenthwaite Lake (right). This path brings
you to the base of
Skiddaw - so you
can continue on up or
come back down via the Gale road into Applethwaite
village. Catbells
(445m) - fantastic views
across Derwentwater Lake, esp. from Catbells Ridge
which has been used in numerous films inc. Sherlock
Holmes.
(The panoramic Banner across the top of
this WEbpage is taken from the road just below
Catbells Ridge)
Castlehead
is a small
volcanic "Plug". It is easily accessible from the
house -1/2hr will find you at the summit with
spectacular views down Borrowdale Valley and across
to Bassenthwaite.
It can been seen through the Front bedroom windows
along with Walla
Crag. Both are an
easy walk / with steady pulls and scrambles.
Walk Round
Derwentwater
- the
Lake
is 3.5miles
long and stretches down into the Borrowdale
Valley. Good footpaths circuit
the Lake at high and low levels. There are regular
Boat-landing stages en-route - so you can take the
Public Launch so far - get off and walk to the next
Boat landing or walk back to Keswick. (The Launches
go clock-wise & anti-clockwise round the lake every
1/2 hour) The walking route round the Lake is
approx. 12miles long.
Click here
to view Catbells on Wainwright Walks on BBC iplayer
(from
BBC 2)
Click here
to view Wainwright Walks:
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell
