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Downstream to Derwent Walk, Borrowdale and Derwent Water
In the Pennines
Next nearby hike: Castle Crag from Seatoller Trail: The Scenic Route, North Lakes Outdoors 1.8 mi · 2.9 kmExplore Pennines →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–16 °C (54–61 °F)
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- M6°1°150
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- M12°5°102
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Can catch the Honister Rambler bus back to the car park, note that this service only runs seasonally. Steady downhill walk, there is a steep, rocky section with a chain to hold for support. It can get very slippery in wet weather.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 7.5 km · 4.7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Pennines (Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 10 km S of Portinscale (Cumbria, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Cumbria
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Honister Pass, National Trust Car Park, Honister Pass, Borrowdale, Cumberland, CA12 5XN;NY225135 → Grange Bridge Bus Stop, Kings How, Grange, Borrowdale, Cumberland, CA12 5UY;NY254174
- Route centre
- 54.5291, -3.1748
- Route start
- 54.5112, -3.1981
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19280482
- Official info
- accessable.co.uk/national-trust/borrowdale-and-d
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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