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Penrith Group winter wanderings

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Overview

These six walks through the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding hills offer a memorable blend of scenery, challenge, and tranquillity. Each route reveals sweeping green valleys, drystone walls threading across the landscape, and horizons that seem to stretch without limit, all accompanied by the distinctive call of the curlew. Some climbs are rocky, rugged, or boggy, but every ascent is rewarded with wide-open skies, a sense of deep solitude, and the satisfaction of standing atop some of England’s most celebrated peaks

 

 

Monday, 27 April 2026
Meeting time:
8:30 am
Start time:
9:00 am
Estimated finish time:
4:00 pm
Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
20.9km / 13.0mi
Ascent:
1371.6m / 4500ft
Type:
circular
  1. Great Coum (2,254 ft) & Gragareth (2,057 ft): A ridge walk with cairns and wide views to the Lakes and Bay.
  2. Baugh Fell (2,224 ft): A quiet plateau with hidden tarns and a strong sense of remoteness.
  3. Great Knoutberry (2,205 ft) & Dodd Fell (2,192 ft): Overlooking Dentdale and Wensleydale, peaceful and little‑visited.
  4. Whernside (2,415 ft, from Dentdale): The Dales’ highest summit, reached by a quieter valley route with sweeping views.
  5. Great Shunner Fell (2,349 ft) & Lovely Seat (2,198 ft): Windswept Pennine heights, one on the Way, the other more solitary.
  6. Rogan’s Seat (2,205 ft) & Water Crag (2,191 ft): Moorland summits above Swaledale, vast horizons and a feeling of wilderness.

Features

  • Accessible by public transport
  • Car parking available
  • Car sharing available

Meeting point

Grid reference:
NY 52702 29579
Nearest postcode:
CA11 8RE
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Meeting time:
8:30 am

Penrith PRC

Starting point

Grid reference:
NY 36862 27313
Nearest postcode:
CA11 0SY
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Start time:
9:00 am

Mungrisdale road end bus stop. Parking on the verge of minor road parallel to the A66.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking