19km/12 miles 7½ hours

The grand centrepiece of the Newlands Round.

NY256176 Head Road not far above. Turn path rambles into the National Trust 1 towards Grange on right up the stony track. wide cylinder cairn rangers have a riverside path below It joins the of . been repairing the road, then cross the road, then leaves it again two-arch bridge into the briefly on the right. It NY234162 The erosion scars village. Take a narrow then reappears to left 7 well-trodden path here and lane on the left, keeping of the road and leads continues north and creating ahead through Hollows to the car park below almost level. After campsite to River Honister Youth Hostel. 800m the ridge dips 8 pitched stone Derwent. A path along appropriately paths to help continues along the 4 NY225135 Cross the named Narrow protect riverside, then into woods road to the left of Moor. As the below . (A the hostel, and head up to ground rises the fragile side path up right would the right of a fence. The again, keep left upland soils. take you to the former path continues uphill on the path along cave home of hermit north to Dale Head’s fine the brink of Millican Dalton.) The cylinder cairn at the brink Newlands, for path continues alongside of . views and to River Derwent to reach reach Maiden Youth Hostel. NY223153 Turn Moor summit. 5 right along the Then keep ahead 1 NY255142 Keep brink, bending down for a few steps, 2 ahead past the left along the tops of to bend right hostel into a riverside the drops. At a slight along the top path. Cross a rock-slab shoulder in the ridgeline above the river, with a (650m contour) turn MODERATE WALKMODERATE chain at ankle level – not down right, south of east helpful if you’re more (in summer a pitched than 18 inches tall! The path). Keep straight path follows a field edge down to pass the left 7 away from the river then end of Dalehead Tarn, moves into a wood, and along its far side running above a wall. past a stone enclosure, before bending left 5 NY246138 As the behind a knoll. The 3 path descends path drops to cross 6 towards ’s Newlands Beck. parking, turn back sharp right on a wide grassy NY230153 This path. After 100m, take 6 is a convenient a small path up left to escape point. If it’s a bend in the Old Coach all a bit too nasty, 2 heading due east would bring you ROUTE STATS into the top of the sheltered Tongue Gill, 3 Strenuousness lllll for a path descending Navigation lllll to Rosthwaite. More 4 Technicality lllll interestingly, you could Wainwrights 4 take a path down north, to right of Newlands Distance 19km Beck. At Little Town you (12 miles) could turn up through the of north-west facing 8 NY244191 Follow to a gate and the road just Total ascent 1000m Hause Gate pass south of slopes with grand views. the path ahead up below. Follow the road to Time 7½ hours . However, the The small path runs down Cat Bells. The summit the right past Borrowdale Start/finish Parking main route bends up left to rejoin the main one. rock knoll can be taken Gates Hotel and through bays just south of (north-east), rising high This descends north- direct on clean rock. Grange back to the start. Grange, Borrowdale above Newlands upper west, and teeters along Return to Hause Gate, From here it’s a few km (NY256176) valley. Keep left, along the top of steep drops and turn left down a south to the Langstrath Water solidly reconstructed Inn. Note: You can tweak Nearest town Keswick the tops of the steep drops, for best views. to the wide saddle path slanting south-east the start and finish of the Terrain Valley and hill As the slope eases, the Hause Gate. towards Grange. Ignore a walk to make the pub paths. This descent side path turning down (point 2) more logistically off Dale Head should left and keep ahead down convenient. be avoided in whiteout conditions – tricky GRADIENT navigation and possible PROFILE Start Dale Head High Spy Cat Bells Finish cornices to left 1400 1200 Map OS Explorer METRES 1000 (1:25,000) OL4, OS ABOVE 800 SEA 600 Landranger (1:50,000) LEVEL 400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 89 or 90, Harvey 200 Superwalker (1:25,000) MILES 0 2 4 6 8 10 North KILOMETRES 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2019 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 001/19 COPYRIGHT 2019 ORDNANCE SURVEY. ©CROWN