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

08:36

22.4km

1,370m

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: October 15, 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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2.28 km

Corpse Road View of Crummock Water

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

3.84 km

Burnbank Fell

Highlight • Natural

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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6.72 km

Gavel Fell (summit)

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12.1 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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16.2 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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18.1 km

Mellbreak Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

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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19.3 km

Mellbreak North Top

Peak

21.8 km

Kirkgill Wood

Forest

22.4 km

End point

Parking

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