Walk · Cumbria

Askham Fell and the Cockpit stone circle

Askham

6.3MILES

2h 56mON FOOT

250mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 44%Lane & track 46%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Askham village green, at the top end by the Queen's Head

Parking

Free roadside parking for around 25 cars along both sides of the green; keep clear of the gateways to the fell road

Directions to the start →

Six and a quarter miles and about three hours for 250 metres of climb, up the broad green track from Askham onto the open limestone commons and out to the Cockpit, a Bronze Age ring on the old Roman road above Ullswater. It starts on the wide green in Askham village, where there is free roadside parking for a couple of dozen cars either side of the green - the only free parking of its kind this close to Ullswater. The going is short dry turf on ancient tracks, easy for a dog and with big open views, but this is unfenced common grazed by sheep and Fell ponies all year, the ground holds nesting curlew and lapwing from April to July when leads are essential, and there is no water at all on the fell.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads throughout - unfenced common grazed by sheep and Fell ponies all year, with ground-nesting curlew and lapwing from April to July. No water on the fell.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · CUMBRIA

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Askham Fell and the Cockpit stone circle

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