Video run time: 40 minutes 2 seconds
A walk around the Glenridding skyline climbing Helvellyn by way of Striding Edge. The initial walk up Miresbeck to Birkhouse Moor affords wonderful views back down Ullswater, before the walk heads on over probably the best ridge walk in Lakeland over the airy Striding Edge to reach the summit of Helvellyn. With the majority of the days climbing behind you, the walk continues over Lower Man, Whiteside Bank, Raise and Stybarrow Dodd, before turning Eastwards over Green Side and starting its descent back down to Glenridding. This walk is quite long and strenuous, but the views reward the effort!
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Parking: | Large pay and display car park in Glenridding (grid reference NY 385 169). There is another pay and display car park on the shores of Ullswater a couple of hundred metres away. |
Directions: | Google Maps: get directions here / What3words: snips.hoofs.butchers |
Walk distance: | 10.8 miles (17.2 Km) |
Estimated walk time: | 6 hours 20 minutes |
Height climbed: | 1 metres |
Grade: | 3-C: A long walk that has rugged terrain and some steep climbs |
Peaks / summits: | Birkhouse Moor, Helvellyn, Lower Man, White Side, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd and Green Side |
Wainwrights: | Birkhouse Moor: 2354ft / 718m - 78th highest Helvellyn: 3116ft / 950m - 3rd highest White Side: 2832ft / 863m - 16th highest Raise: 2896ft / 883m - 12th highest Stybarrow Dodd: 2768ft / 844m - 21st highest |
Map: | Ordnance Survey - Explorer OL5 (The English Lakes - North-eastern Area) Buy this map from Ordnance Survey |
Walk features: | Birds, Cafe, Flowers, Hills or Fells, Lake or Tarn, Pubs, Stream or River, Views, Wildlife |
Facilities / refreshments: | Pubs and cafes in Glenridding at the start of the walk |
Nearest town: | Walk starts in Glenridding |
Local self-catering accommodation: | View self-catering accommodation close to the start of this walk from Sykes Holiday Cottages or from Holidaycottages.co.uk |
Local hotels, inns and B&Bs: | View hotels and inns close to the start of this walk from The Inn Collection Group |
Walk Tags: | Video walk, Lake District, Cumbria, Wainwright, Helvellyn, Glenridding, Miresbeck, Ullswater, Birkhouse Moor, Hole-in-the-wall, Bleaberry Crag, Low Spying How, High Spying How, Striding Edge, Red Tarn, Catstye Cam, St Sunday's Crag, Helvellyn, Lower Man, Whiteside Bank, White Side, Raise, Sticks Pass, Stybarrow Dodd, White Stones, Green Side, Glencoyne, Glenridding Screes, Greenside Road, Glenridding Beck, Video walks, Videowalks |
Video run time: | 40 minutes 2 seconds |
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