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View of Wast Water – Illgill Head loop from Wasdale

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View of Wast Water – Illgill Head loop from Wasdale

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View of Wast Water – Illgill Head loop from Wasdale

04:33

26.7km

1,640m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 18.9 km for 33 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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142 m

View of Wast Water

Highlight • Lake

The views at the top of Scafell Pike are worth the sacrifice of climbing this mountain.

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Tip by

1.16 km

Fence Wood

Forest

3.48 km

Illgill Head is a Wainwright Fell that I've hiked 3 times. Once in beautiful sunshine, once in the dark and most recently in a glorious summer haze. It never disappoints. The walk between Illgill Head and Whin Rigg offers wonderful views down to Wast Water, and I particularly love the view to Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Yewbarrow from here. A great 609m mountain!

Tip by

4.05 km

View of Wast Water from Illgill Head

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view from the smaller ridge surrounding Wast water can be just as impressive.

Tip by

5.84 km

Whin Rigg

Peak

9.89 km

Roan Wood

Forest

10.2 km

Greendale Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The little stone bridge in Greendale crosses the Greendale Gill above Wast Water.

This is also the finish point for the Joss Naylor Challenge. This route starts at Pooley Bridge and runs 48 miles (77 km) across the fells to here.

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13.3 km

Seatallan summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Seatallan is a 2,270-foot (692 m) Wainwright in the Lake District National Park. On the summit plateau you'll find a trig pillar and a large cairn but neither of these mark the Wainwright summit, this point is beside a smaller cairn just a little further to the north west. A great walk that takes in Seatallan is the Greendale Round, which includes neighbouring Wainwrights Buckbarrow and Middle Fell.

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18.7 km

Pillar Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

This broad, flat summit is wonderfully situated above the increasingly wild valley of Ennerdale to the north and Mosedale, the remote offshoot of Wasdale, to the south. As such the scenery is nothing short of spectacular, including the monolithic seen-but-not-touched Pillar Rock, whose own compact summit is the realm of steely sinewed climbers only.

Tip by

24.6 km

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Highlight • Historical Site

Quirky little bridge at the start of the Black Sail Pass route.

Tip by

25.0 km

Wasdale Head Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Great place to start your adventure. Get there early as gets full quick. This is FREE car park. Please remember to put some coins in the collection boxes.

Tip by

26.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.03 km

8.78 km

8.27 km

531 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.9 km

6.35 km

3.51 km

2.46 km

1.89 km

541 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (870 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Thursday 20 August

17°C

8°C

51 %

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View of Wast Water – Illgill Head loop from Wasdale

View of Wast Water

Illgill Head

View of Wast Water from Illgill Head

Greendale Bridge

Seatallan summit

Pillar Summit

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Wasdale Head Car Park

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