#249 of 300 · Lake District National Park
Catbells
United KingdomCumbria
United KingdomA short ridge walk from Hawes End over Skelgill Bank to the 451 m summit of Catbells above Derwentwater, with a brief rocky scramble, returning along the lakeshore through Brandelhow woods.
- Distance
- 6 km
- Loop
- Ascent
- 400 m
- High point 451 m
- Time
- 3 h
- Day hike
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Sustained climbing or a long day, no exposure.
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- When the route is usually in condition
- Start
- Hawes End
- Lake District National Park
Route
- Hawes End
- Skelgill Bank
- Catbells
- Hause Gate
- High Brandelhow
- Low Brandelhow
- Hawes End jetty
Wildlife along the route
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