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Greendale and Middle Fell Walk, North Lakes Outdoors
On Middle Fell, Pennines
Next nearby hike: Pillar Trail from Wasdale Head, North Lakes Outdoors 3.5 mi · 5.7 kmExplore Middle Fell →
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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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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
Not far from the busy slopes of Scafell Pike, discover the quieter side of the Western Fells on this circular above Wastwater. There's a hidden mountain tarn, views over the Wasdale Screes & if visibility is good, the Isle of Man.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 5.6 km · 3.5 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Middle Fell (hill, 582 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Pennines (Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 7.7 km E of Gosforth (Cumbria, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Cumbria
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Greendale, Cumbria, CA20 1EU;NY144056 → Greendale, Cumbria, CA20 1EU;NY144056
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 54.4494, -3.3173
- Route start
- 54.4432, -3.3231
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19557914
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/wasdale
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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