Wasdale Show
Wasdale
is one of the English Lake District's finest dales with one of its
finest
pubs "The Wasdale Head Inn" the home of
English
rock climbing. Lingmell & Scafell Pike,
make
an easy walk to Englands highest summit, Lord's
Rake,
a scramble to the summit of Scafell with
dramatic
rock scenery, Great Gable & Kirk Fell and
the Mosedale Horseshoe, including Yewbarrow,
a
fine circular ridge walk over Pillar, Red Pike and Scoat Fell.
The tiny churchyard is the last resting place of a number of climbers who perished in the mountains of the world. Once, Wasdale did not have a church and an old Corpse Road leads across to Eskdale's church, passing the Burnmore Inn (Woolpack also nearbye), an easy walk for a bad day. Illgill Head to the south of Wastwater forms an impressive cliff of scree for the length of the lake. Esk Pike is not in Wasdale but is a possibility.
Wasdale
landscape photos
Wasdale
easy walks
Getting there.
Once
at
Wasdale
Head
a weeks walking can be had without need of a car. However,
there isnt much public transport. Gosforth does have a taxi service
(phone:
019467 25308) and in 2006 operated a taxi/bus between Seascale and
Wasdale
Head in conjunction with Cumbria CC.
Maps
and guides
(click 
to consider buying from Amazon.co.uk)
Wainwright's
Guides remain the definitive reference for the ELD
and
Wasdale. Hand drawn and written, they describe all the routes to and
between
the Lakeland hills. Pocket sized, hardback. Fully illustrated with maps
and sketches by the author. First published 1955-1966. The Wasdale
hills
are to be found in two of the volumes:-
"The Western
Fells" covers
north of Styhead Pass - Pillar, Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Yewbarrow, Great
Gable and Steeple. (33 fells in all).
"The Southern
Fells" covers
south of Styhead pass - Scafells, Bowfell, Illgill Head, Lingmell and
Harter
Fell. (30 fells in all).
Revised
and anniversary editions have been produced
Maps
OS
Outdoor
Leisure 6 South West
1:25000 covers most of Wasdale except Pillar and Steeple.
OS
Outdoor
Leisure 4 North West
1:25000 needed for Pillar when doing Mosedale Horseshoe.
Harveys
Superwalker
Lakeland
West. 1:25000
Links:-
The
English Lake District
Wasdale
Mountain Rescue Team
Wasdale
Head Inn (temporary
website)
Lingmell
House B&B
Burnthwaite
Farm B&B and cottage
"Country
Cuts" farm shop (Santon Bridge)
Cumbria
coast photos photos
"I lay in a state of almost prophetic trance and delight -
and blessed God aloud, for the powers of reason and the will,
which remaining no danger can overpower us"
Coleridge on descending Broad Stand