Walk · Cumbria

Silver How from Grasmere

Grasmere · LA22 9SW

3.8MILES

2h 40mON FOOT

380mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 72%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 18%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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

Grasmere village green, at the foot of Red Bank Road LA22 9SW

Parking

Broadgate Meadow and Stock Lane pay-and-display in the village, both charged all year. There is no parking on Red Bank Road itself and the verges are signed. Both village car parks are full from mid-m

Directions to the start →

The fell that fills the west window of Grasmere, and a far shorter day than Helm Crag or Easedale for the same view down the lake to Windermere. The path leaves Red Bank Road by the walled lane at Kelbarrow and climbs steadily onto the shoulder, with the drop into Great Langdale opening beyond the top. The return swings north-east over the rough ground above Allan Bank and comes down into the village behind the church. Every yard above the last wall is grazed Herdwick ground, so this is a lead walk once the tarmac ends.

THE SMALL PRINTThe fell is access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act. Government guidance for open access land is that "dogs must be kept under effective control at all times and on a short lead of no more than 2 metres at all times near livestock", with the short-lead rule near livestock applying between 1 March and 31 July on non-coastal access land. Herdwicks are on Silver How all year, so keep the lead on throughout. Landowners may exclude dogs from small lambing fields, so obey any notice at the gates. The access right does not cover professional dog walking.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.4576, -3.0261

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/GUIDANCE/OPEN-ACCESS-LAND-MANAGEMENT-RIGHTS-AND-RESPONSIBILITIES

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