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Loweswater – Blake Fell Summit loop from Loweswater

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Loweswater – Blake Fell Summit loop from Loweswater

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Loweswater – Blake Fell Summit loop from Loweswater

08:23

21.6km

1,340m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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560 m

Loweswater

Highlight • Natural Monument

Loweswater is a peaceful lake that's often missed by many visitors. At approximately 1 mile long (1.6 km) and 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide, it provides an excellent lake circuit …

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2.13 km

Bench with views of Loweswater, Whiteside and Grasmoor

Highlight • Viewpoint

Don't be put off by the name of this footpath! Corpse Road is a very unfortunate name! But it does feature one of the most beautifully situated benches in all …

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3.84 km

Burnbank Fell

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Burnbank Fell is a 1,558-foot (475 m) hill in the Western Lake District. It's the most northerly of a long ridge that starts beside Loweswater and links up to the …

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5.13 km

Blake Fell Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful Blake Fell. I hiked this as a group of five Wainwrights (Burnbank Fell 475m, Blake Fell 573m, Gavel Fell 526m, Hen Comb 509m and Mellbreak 512m). It was a …

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6.70 km

Gavel Fell Summit

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Gavel Fell is a Wainwright hill in the western Lake District. The summit of Gavel Fell is marked by a cairn. There have been a couple of wild fires in …

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11.4 km

Starling Dodd Summit Cairns

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Starling Dodd is a 2,087-foot (636 m) mountain in the western Lake District. This fell can be hiked either from Ennerdale or Loweswater. It's often paired with Great Borne. Views …

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15.4 km

Scale Force Waterfall

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Parking at National Trust- Buttermere car park.
If you want to spend a penny you’ll need to spend 49 more and the turnstile in the loo doesn’t accept £1 coins

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17.4 km

Mellbreak Summit

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As Mellbreak stands apart from the other Loweswater fells, from a distance its appearance reminds me of a sleeping dinosaur. You can just imagine it rising up from its slumber …

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18.5 km

Mellbreak North Top

Peak

21.1 km

Kirkgill Wood

Forest

21.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.11 km

8.42 km

3.69 km

390 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.14 km

4.33 km

3.69 km

1.86 km

1.74 km

616 m

250 m

Elevation

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Highest point (690 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

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Tuesday 19 May

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Loweswater – Blake Fell Summit loop from Loweswater

Loweswater

Bench with views of Loweswater, Whiteside and Grasmoor

Burnbank Fell

Blake Fell Summit

Gavel Fell Summit

Starling Dodd Summit Cairns

Scale Force Waterfall

Mellbreak Summit

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