Plan your trip

WALK HERE

Follow Walk 15 in this issue – but be warned, we’ve graded it as a rare Extreme route for obvious reasons. For the easier route via Burnmoor Tarn and Green How, download Scafell at walk1000miles.

co.uk/bonusroutes. There we’ve also put some gentler walks in the footsteps of the Romantics, including Seldom Seen (for Glencoyne, where the Wordsworths spotted their daffodils) and

Rydal Water (starting from the Wordsworth centre at Dove Cottage in Grasmere).

GETTING HERE

Wasdale Head is at the end of the single road up Wasdale at the farthest western edge of the Lakes, accessible from Ravenglass.

WHERE TO EAT, DRINK & STAY

The obvious option is the Wasdale Head Inn (019467 26229, wasdale.

com), which has doubles from £130. It also offers self-catering, a campsite and a separate B&B at Lingmell House. But being so famous and well-located it fills up quickly. There’s also the National

Trust campsite at the head of Wast Water (nationaltrust.org.uk/

wasdale). Alternative options a bit further out include the Bridge Inn

at Santon Bridge (019467 26221,

santonbridgeinn.co.uk, doubles from £90) and the Bower House

at Eskdale Green (019467 23244,

bowerhouseinn.com, doubles from £80) – both are excellent. Dining options at all three are always reliable; try the Cumberland sausage and mash at the Wasdale Head (£14) or the Moroccan lamb pudding at the Bower House (£15). Even if not staying at the Wasdale Head Inn, a drink in its famous Ritson’s Bar (above) is something of a rite of passage.

MORE INFORMATION

For general tourist information go to visitlakedistrict. com and lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting