Burnbank Fell, Blake Fell and Gavel Fell | 8 Miles
The Wainwright-bagging continues! This is a 7.6 mile route which ticks off 3 Wainwright fells in the Western Fells: Burnbank Fell (475m), Blake Fell (573m) and Gavel Fell (526m).
We started at a layby near the north-west corner of Loweswater at Waterend, and picked up a footpath which runs off over the fields to Hudson Place.
Here we joined a track running up the hill. At the wooden signpost we took the route marked Fangs Brow, and followed the path through the fields.
Back on a track, we headed past Jenkinson Place and up to Iredale Place, taking the left hand fork and continuing up the hill. The path heads through a gate and alongside the wall before turning left onto another path leading to High Nook. The path forks and we took the right hand fork, climbing up the hillside – it’s quite steep in places.
The footpath runs up to the left
Looking back down the track we just walked up – beautiful view!
The route levels out and we continued up to the summit of Burnbank Fell, marked by a fence and a cairn. The cairn is on the opposite side of the fence but the actual spot height is on the side we went on.
Continuing south, it’s a gentle climb up to the summit of Blake Fell which is marked by a summit shelter.
From Blake Fell the route continues south, heading down past an old sheep pen or barn to a fence with a couple of stiles in it. We climbed over the stile and continued south, heading up the grassy path to Gavel Fell. This summit doesn’t appear to be marked, but there is a nearby cairn so we visited both the summit marker as shown on the OS Map and the cairn just to make sure we’d been to the summit.
We retraced our steps a short way and climbed the stile in the fence, heading north-east. The route descends via High Nook Farm and joins a track which runs around Loweswater.
The path heads into Holme Wood, and we followed this until we left Holme Wood and rejoined the track we were on earlier. Next time we go we’ll be sure to check out Holme Force, a beautiful waterfall near the top of the woods.
We headed back over the fields, over Dub Beck, and back to the car. We went for a drink at the nearby-ish Kirkstile Inn, which I can definitely recommend.
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