Walk · Cumbria

Walla Crag and the Derwent Water shore

Keswick · CA12 5DJ

5.2MILES

2h 38mON FOOT

290mCLIMB

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

Off-road 86% 14% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 64%Lane & track 22%Road with traffic 14%

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, then Springs Road and Springs Wood CA12 5DJ

Parking

Paid town car parks, busy from mid-morning; Great Wood on the B5289 is paid National Trust with around 90 spaces and a shorter approach

Directions to the start →

Five and a quarter miles, 290 metres of climb, around two and a half hours: up Springs Wood and the Brockle Beck path to the edge of Walla Crag, then down Cat Gill to the lake and back along the shore. It starts in Keswick itself, from the Lakeside or Central car parks, so no separate drive is needed; Great Wood National Trust car park on the Borrowdale road cuts the walk to under three miles if you want the crag alone. Walla Crag is the honest caution here - the summit path runs along the lip of an unfenced 200-metre face and a dog that pulls needs to be on a short lead well before it; the woods below and the shoreline return are enclosed and much easier going.

THE SMALL PRINTShort lead along the whole crag edge, which is unfenced above a 200-metre drop. The fell above the wall is grazed and the Cat Gill descent has stone steps a small dog will need help with.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

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REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.5968, -3.1382

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Walla Crag and the Derwent Water shore

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