Borrowdale

Worth seeing in and around Borrowdale

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Honister Pass

   Honister Pass is a mountain pass in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located on the B5289 road, linking Seatoller, in the valley of Borrowdale, to Gatesgarth at the southern end of Buttermere.

   3.7 km · Mountain pass in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dale Head

   Dale Head is a fell in the north-western sector of the Lake District, in northern England. It is 753 metres above sea level and stands immediately north of Honister Pass, the road between Borrowdale and Buttermere.

   3.2 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dock Tarn

   Dock Tarn is a small tarn located within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, at grid reference NY273143. It is situated on moorland at 400 metres above sea level near the summit of Great Crag, midway between Watendlath, the Stonethwaite valley and Borrowdale.

   2.2 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lodore Falls

   Lodore Falls is a waterfall in Cumbria, England, close to Derwentwater and downstream from Watendlath. The falls are located on the beck that flows from Watendlath Tarn, and tumble more than 100 feet over a steep cascade into the Borrowdale Valley.

   3.2 km · waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Castle Crag

   Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet.

   600 m · mountain in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Grange Fell

   Grange Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria, situated in the Borrowdale valley overlooking the villages of Grange in Borrowdale and Rosthwaite.

   2 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Great Crag

   Great Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, located near the hamlets of Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite in Borrowdale.

   1.7 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   High Spy

   High Spy is a fell in the English Lake District it is situated on the ridge that separates the Newlands Valley from Borrowdale, eight kilometres south of Keswick.

   2.1 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   High Tove

   High Tove is a fell in the English Lake District, close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south.

   3.4 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Maiden Moor

    Maiden Moor is a fell in the English Lake District, it stands six kilometres south of the town of Keswick and is part of the high ground that separates the Newlands Valley and Borrowdale; it has a modest height of 576 m and so fails to be mentioned on many UK mountain lists but it does have a separate chapter in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.

    3.2 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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