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Glenridding Dodd summit – View over Ullswater loop from Patterdale

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Glenridding Dodd summit – View over Ullswater loop from Patterdale

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Glenridding Dodd summit – View over Ullswater loop from Patterdale

01:36

4.26km

260m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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383 m

The Travellers' Rest Pub, Glenridding

Highlight • Pub

Lovely pub with terrace overlooking Glenridding

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535 m

View of Glenridding Dodd from Gillside

Highlight • Trail

The start of an epic route to take in Birkhouse Fell then onto the classic that is Striding Edge and onto Helvellyn. To do it on a blue sky day like I had made it a very memorable day!

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1.65 km

Glenridding Dodd summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

A small fell with mighty views! Glenridding Dodd is close to the village of Glenridding on the edge of Ullswater in the Lake District. My favourite approach is up alongside Mossdale Beck.

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2.80 km

View over Ullswater

Highlight • Lake

A very good point to look out over the lake.

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3.13 km

Glencoyne Wood and Ullswater View

Highlight • Lake

Wrapping itself around Glenridding Dodd's and Sheffield Pike's lower slopes, Glencoyne Wood is a lovely mixed woodland on the shores of Ullswater. It was here that William and Dorothy Wordsworth …

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3.28 km

Bench with a view of Ullswater

Highlight • Lake

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the Lake District. It formed in a glacial trough where the glacier scraped out the valley bottom and then dammed the end with …

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4.26 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.32 km

755 m

492 m

320 m

306 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.32 km

1.13 km

554 m

227 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Monday 24 August

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Comments

July 15, 2022,Inov-8 Venture lighter, faster series. Glenridding Dodd Hiking Loop.

Route Details:

Distance - 2.95 miles

Duration - 1 hour 50 minutes - good fitness. 3 hours 30 minutes - low fitness

Terrain - Packed trails, roads, forest track steep in places but poles make going easier.

Effort level - Moderate

Accent - 1,050ft

Map - OL5

Parking - Pay and display, Glenridding

Toilets - Glenridding (50p)

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Glenridding Dodd summit – View over Ullswater loop from Patterdale

The Travellers' Rest Pub, Glenridding

View of Glenridding Dodd from Gillside

Glenridding Dodd summit

View of Ullswater

View over Ullswater

Glencoyne Wood and Ullswater View

Ullswater

Bench with a view of Ullswater

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