Walk · Cumbria

Catbells and the Newlands round from Keswick

Keswick · CA12 5DJ

8.9MILES

4h 20mON FOOT

410mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 84% 16% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 26%Road with traffic 16%

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

Lakeside car park, Keswick, out by the Portinscale suspension footbridge CA12 5DJ

Parking

Paid town car parks; the roadside spaces on the Newlands lane at Hawes End and Skelgill are few, heavily enforced and fill by 8.30am

Directions to the start →

Eight and three quarter miles and 410 metres of climb, four and a half hours: out of Keswick by Portinscale and the west shore to Hawes End, up Skelgill Bank onto Catbells, then down to the Newlands valley and back. Start from the Lakeside car park in Keswick, or take the Keswick Launch to Hawes End - dogs travel for a small fare and it removes three road miles. The ridge is superb for a dog with the head for it, but be honest about the two rock steps low on Skelgill Bank, which are hands-on for people and awkward for a short-legged dog, and the summit ridge is narrow with drops both sides; the fell is grazed throughout and there is no water above the Hawes End gate.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on the whole ridge - grazed fell, a narrow crest with drops on both sides, and two rock steps on Skelgill Bank that a small or heavy dog will struggle with. No water above Hawes End.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.5968, -3.1382

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/2795213/HIKING-AROUND-KESWICK

Catbells and the Newlands round from Keswick

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