Walk Information

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Walk route: End of Browfoot Lane - The British Settlement at Hugill - Kentmere bridleway - Ullthwaite Bridge - Browfoot - High Knott (Williamson's Monument) - End of Browfoot Lane

Distance: 5.00 miles

Ascent: 620ft

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Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: overcast, dull

Comment: A. Wainwright's 'High Knott' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 18].

Photos

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The track at the start of the walk. Sour Howes is to the left of the tree, Sallows to the rightThe remains of the British Settlement at HugillSallows from the Kentmere bridlewayA derelict cottage near Park BeckHugill Fell on the left and High Knott with Williamson's Monument on its summit on the rightThe 17th century Ullthwaite Bridge across the River Kent. (AW spelt it Ulthwaite)Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts from the footpath above BrowfootAn unusual wall stileWilliamson's Monument on the summit of High KnottThe Langdales from the summit of High Knott

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