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Yoke Summit – Ill Bell loop from Kentmere

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Yoke Summit – Ill Bell loop from Kentmere

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Yoke Summit – Ill Bell loop from Kentmere

06:00

18.1km

780m

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 16, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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360 m

St. Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere

Highlight • Religious Site

Get there early for parking

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1.04 km

Badger Rock

Highlight • Viewpoint

1.67 km

Garburn Pass

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The Garburn Pass is a scenic mountain pass in the Lake District. It connects the valleys of Kentmere to the south and Troutbeck to the north. Walking along the pass …

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5.40 km

Yoke Summit

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Yoke is a 2,316-foot (706 m) Wainwright fell in the Lake District. It sits on the Kentmere Horseshoe - a popular long day walk in the Far Eastern Lake District. …

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6.46 km

Ill Bell

Highlight • Natural Monument

This mountain-shaped fell is perhaps the true star of the Kentmere Round. Part of the rollercoaster chain of hills that form the Horseshoe’s western arm, its wonderfully symmetrical bell-shape and …

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7.35 km

Froswick Summit

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Froswick is a 2,360-foot (720 m) Wainwright fell in the Far Eastern Lake District National Park. It sits side by side with Ill Bell, its slightly higher neighbour with whom …

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7.99 km

Thornthwaite to Froswick Ridge Walk

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After a break at thornthwaite craf make your way through to froswick then to tackle ill bell

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11.3 km

View of Small Water and Haweswater from Nan Bield Pass

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The Nan Bield Pass gives access to the fells of the Kentmere Horseshoe from Mardale Head. It passes between the Wainwright summits of Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell and …

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18.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

2.75 km

1.45 km

1.21 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.9 km

1.99 km

1.45 km

1.21 km

340 m

211 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 9 May

12°C

-1°C

5 %

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Yoke Summit – Ill Bell loop from Kentmere

St. Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere

Badger Rock

Garburn Pass

Yoke Summit

Ill Bell

Froswick Summit

Thornthwaite to Froswick Ridge Walk

View of Small Water and Haweswater from Nan Bield Pass

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