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View of Ullswater – Loadpot Hill Trig Point loop from Helton

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View of Ullswater – Loadpot Hill Trig Point loop from Helton

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View of Ullswater – Loadpot Hill Trig Point loop from Helton

02:38

19.9km

560m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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6.13 km

View of Ullswater from the trail below Arthur's Pike. This point is at about 1,640 feet (500 m) so you can see across the lake, over Gowbarrow Fell opposite and out across the Lake District towards Skiddaw and Helvellyn.

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7.02 km

View of Ullswater from Arthur's Pike

Highlight • Viewpoint

on a clear day, there are great views

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8.01 km

View of Ullswater from Bonscale Pike

Highlight • Summit

If you’re doing the Wainwrights don’t get drawn in by the trig pillars on the slope sides and be sure to bag the true summit marked by a small cairn

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8.06 km

Bonscale Pike summit cairn

Highlight • Natural Monument

From the summit head down you see two cairns called “the towers” great views across ullswatwr

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8.28 km

View of Lake District Mountains and River

Highlight • Lake

10.3 km

Loadpot Hill Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

Loadpot Hill is a 2,205-foot (672 m) Wainwright fell in the Lake District National Park. The summit is a broad, grassy plateau and there is a trig point present. The …

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15.8 km

The Cockpit Stone Circle

Highlight • Historical Site

This is an impressive stone circle on the ancient High Street roman road, measuring 89 feet (27 m) in diameter.

Because of its antiquity, it's unclear what it was actually …

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19.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.3 km

7.12 km

1.27 km

159 m

Surfaces

12.0 km

4.93 km

1.51 km

1.49 km

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Sunday 28 June

18°C

11°C

36 %

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View of Ullswater – Loadpot Hill Trig Point loop from Helton