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The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

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The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

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The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

06:36

18.0km

940m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2024

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Lake District National Park

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128 m

Patterdale Village

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Like Glenridding, the mention of Patterdale makes most hikers think of Helvellyn and the adventures to be had on the third highest mountain in England. It was in Patterdale that …

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1.66 km

Arnison Crag summit and view of Ullswater

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Arnison Crag is the smallest of the Eastern Wainwrights but the view to Ullswater from the summit has to be one of my favourite Lakeland views on a sunny day. …

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3.83 km

View of Ullswater from Black Crag

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It is constantly downhill, the last few meters are quite steep, but good to walk. Grisedale, Ullswater, Patterdale and Place Fell are now in front of the Wanderer.

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4.69 km

Birks Summit

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Birks is a 2,040-foot (622 m) Wainwright in the Lake District National Park. You are treated to a wonderful view of Striding Edge leading up to Helvellyn from this fell, …

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6.39 km

St Sunday Crag

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St Sunday Crag is an outlier of the Fairfield Horseshoe. But with sheer cliffs that plunge into Grisedale (home to the thrilling Pinnacle Ridge), summit views that stretch over the …

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8.21 km

Cofa Pike

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Great little scramble-ish route onto Fairfield from St Sunday Crag.

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8.57 km

Fairfield Summit

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Centrepiece of its namesake horseshoe, Fairfield is rarely a walker’s sole goal. Instead it is renowned as the highest point of the much-frequented Fairfield Horseshoe, a looped ridge walk bagging …

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9.64 km

Hart Crag Summit

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At 2,697 feet (822 m), Hart Crag is the second highest summit on the Fairfield Horseshoe, behind Fairfield itself. Rarely ascended in isolation, it is easily linked with its parent …

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11.6 km

Hartsop Above How

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Hartsop Above How is a Wainwright fell that is connected to Hart Crag by some undulating (and sometimes boggy) ground. It can also be hiked from Bridgend and offers wonderful …

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18.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.40 km

5.89 km

3.26 km

692 m

327 m

288 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.08 km

3.79 km

3.26 km

834 m

280 m

Elevation

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Highest point (860 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Sunday 12 July

22°C

9°C

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

May 23, 2026,Fairfield loop from Bridgend Stone Bridge

Day 18: Fairfield loop from Bridgend Stone Bridge

A tale of two weather systems, where the morning was spent wearing four layers and the afternoon one. This was a hike that took you up Fairfield from Bridgend, near Patterdale, via Hartsop Above How and then down via Cofa Pike, Sunday Crag and Aniston Pike. The morning was spent seeing nothing …

May 15, 2024,The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale ⛰️

I've not done a proper hike for a few months due to my health and moving house, so I needed a big mooch to get me back into it all, and what better place to go than a day out in the Lake District ⛰️
Absolutely loved this hike, some bits were very steep and tough and a good bit …

March 15, 2025,The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

Back in the hills! What a glorious day to return to the fells post-op !! ⛰️☀️

June 10, 2022,The Lake District - St Sunday Crag June 2022

A very windy day on this horseshoe that starts from the Patterdale Hotel and traverses Thornhow End, Black Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike (Scramble), Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop above How, Hoggill Brow, Gale Crag and Bleaberry Knott.

Some friends of mine recently got lost and panicked a little on the lake district fells, so i agreed a day …

November 21, 2023,The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

The best thing about having a week day off is getting to have a quiet day in the hills. We were blessed with blue skies and one of the most amazing days I've ever had in the Lakes 💙 we were meant to do another Horseshoe route but due to a road closure I quickly found this one on komoot …

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The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

Patterdale Village

Arnison Crag summit and view of Ullswater

View of Ullswater from Black Crag

Birks Summit

St Sunday Crag

Cofa Pike

Fairfield Summit

Hart Crag Summit

Hartsop Above How

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