Walks from Taylor Gill Force
The walks you can reach from Taylor Gill Force — the routes that start within about 5 km, and the Wainwright and Outlying fells within the same radius, ranked nearest first. Each fell carries today’s conditions and the bus where there is one. Planning the trip? See the full Taylor Gill Force guide for parking, buses and where to stay.
Walking routes near Taylor Gill Force
- Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route 1.2 km away15.8 km~937 m~4.7 hDifficultA grander, more interesting way up England's highest mountain than the Wasdale tourist path — the Corridor Route threads beneath the crags from Seathwaite in Borrowdale, with Lingmell a worthwhile detour for the finest view of the Scafell face. I haven't walked this exact line myself, and there are plenty of accounts of people struggling on certain sections, so read up or watch a route video first. Whatever you do, never be tempted onto Broad Stand. It's a long, rough and serious day on the highest ground in England.
- Allan Crags & Glaramara 1.5 km away10.9 km~806 m~3.5 hGlaramara's knobbly crest and Allen Crags, five summits linked along the ridge above Borrowdale. 806 m of climbing in 10.9 km, rated severe for steepness though navigation and exposure both stay moderate. About 3.5 hours.
- Great Gable from Honister Slate Mine 2.6 km away9.6 km~690 m~3.1 hHardThe kindest way to England’s most-loved mountain. Honister starts you at 350 m, so the Grey Knotts–Brandreth–Green Gable ridge does most of the climbing for you before the final stony pull onto Great Gable. Four Wainwrights, a summit war memorial and the finest view in Lakeland down into Wasdale — but the top is a broad boulder plateau, and in cloud it is one of the great navigation traps.
- Haystacks 2.6 km away11.4 km~738 m~3.5 hFleetwith Pike's front edge first, then the tarns and rocky knolls of Haystacks — the two finest small summits above Buttermere in a single round. There is a scramble to the true top, and a maze of paths up there that needs care in cloud.
- Honister to Keswick: over the Newlands fells 2.7 km away19.6 km~1035 m~5.6 hHard🏞️ Easy & familyA big Newlands horseshoe walked one–way from the top of Honister Pass to Keswick. You climb straight onto Dale Head, trace the broad grassy tops over Hindscarth and Robinson, drop to Newlands Hause and pick up the quieter Knott Rigg–Ard Crags ridge, then walk out down the Newlands valley into town — six summits and a proper day out, with no car to collect.
- Black Star Brandreth and others 2.7 km away9.2 km~597 m~2.8 hStraight up from the Honister pass — Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Brandreth and Grey Knotts in 9.2 km with 597 m of climbing. Short but severe for steepness and hard for exposure, with one stage averaging 15%. Under three hours.
- Dale Head Hindscarth and Robinson 2.7 km away17.5 km~808 m~4.8 hThree big Newlands tops — Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson — linked by a fast, airy ridge, reached by a lung-bursting pull straight off Honister Pass with no warm-up at all. A linear day rather than a round: 17.5 km and 808 m of climbing, of which the last 11.7 km is the valley walk-out to Keswick after the final summit.
- Seathwaite, Green Gable, Base Brown 3.3 km away14.8 km~938 m~4.5 hBoth Seathwaite Fell tops with Green Gable and Base Brown — four summits in 14.8 km and 938 m, rated hard for terrain, navigation and exposure and severe for steepness. About 4.5 hours on properly rough ground.
- Ullscarf, Eagle Crag & Sergeant's Crag 4.3 km away14.8 km~720 m~4.2 hA rugged ~15 km round from Stonethwaite over three Wainwrights — the bold rocky nose of Eagle Crag, neighbouring Sergeant's Crag, and the broad whaleback of Ullscarf — returning down the quiet head of Borrowdale.
- The Borrowdale Fells (Rosthwaite Fell round) 4.8 km away13.1 km~802 m~4 hHard🏞️ Easy & familyA wild, little-trodden round of the rough Borrowdale fells above Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite — Bessyboot, Dovenest Top and Thornythwaite Fell — a maze of rocky knolls, hidden tarns and peat hags with huge views to the Scafells. Quiet and full of character, but pathless and boggy: a fair-weather fell day, not a wet-day plod.
- Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag 4.8 km away14.1 km~795 m~4.1 hBorrowdale's small rough summits in one round — Castle Crag, King's How, Brund Fell and Great Crag. Nothing higher than 440 m, but with 58 path junctions near the line and four mapped crag features, it is a surprisingly easy day to wander off.
- Extended Mosedale Horseshoe 4.9 km away16.6 km~1303 m~5.5 hPillar, Scoat Fell, Steeple and Red Pike around the head of Mosedale, with Yewbarrow to finish — 1,303 m of ascent packed into 16.6 km, rated severe for steepness and hard for exposure. About 5.5 hours steady. It also goes by bus: the Wasdale Explorer works for this round if you turn for home at Yewbarrow by 16:58.
Fells within about 5 km
- Base Brown 0.7 km away646 m~4.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 19Too windy for the topsBase Brown at 646m (2,119ft) is a craggy summit above Seathwaite in Borrowdale, its north face dropping in crags to the Borrowdale valley.
- Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit) 0.8 km away601 m~2.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 17Too windy for the topsThe AA cairn of Seathwaite Fell at 550m (1,804ft) is the highest point on the western edge of the Seathwaite Fell plateau above Borrowdale, marked by the Automobile Association triangulation pillar.
- Green Gable 1.5 km away800 m~4.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsGreen Gable at 801m (2,628ft) is the satellite summit of Great Gable to the north, connected by the dramatic Windy Gap.
- Glaramara 1.7 km away783 m~5 hSave it · 20Too windy for the topsGlaramara at 783m (2,569ft) is the great ridge fell of upper Borrowdale, a long, complex summit with multiple rocky tops and a character quite unlike its smoother neighbours.
- Brandreth 1.8 km away715 m~4.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsBrandreth at 715m (2,346ft) is a broad, grassy summit on the Gable ridge above Honister, giving excellent views of Great Gable and the Scafells from the north.
- Great Gable 1.9 km away899 m~5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsGreat Gable at 899m (2,949ft) is perhaps the most beloved mountain in Lakeland — its profile appears on the badge of the Lake District National Park, and its summit is the site of an annual Remembrance Sunday service by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club.
- Grey Knotts 2 km away697 m~4.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsGrey Knotts at 697m (2,287ft) is the first summit above Honister Pass, a pleasant rocky summit giving fine views of the Gable group and across Borrowdale.
- Allen Crags 2.5 km away785 m~5.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 19Too windy for the topsAllen Crags at 785m (2,575ft) is one of Lakeland's most overlooked summits, sitting quietly above Esk Hause between the busy paths to Glaramara and Great End.
- Great End 2.6 km away910 m~5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsGreat End at 910m (2,985ft) is the northern fortress of the Scafell massif, its great crags plunging dramatically into upper Borrowdale and forming one of the most imposing cliff faces in Lakeland.
- Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot 3.3 km away551 m~2.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 19Too windy for the topsBessyboot at 551m (1,808ft) is the distinctive rocky summit of Rosthwaite Fell in the Central Fells above Stonethwaite and Borrowdale.
- Lingmell 3.4 km away807 m~4.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsLingmell at 807m (2,648ft) stands sentinel above Wasdale Head, a broad grassy dome that Wainwright described as providing one of the finest close-up views of Scafell Pike — the great crags of Pikes Crag and the Corridor Route are seen to dramatic effect from its summit.
- Kirk Fell 3.5 km away802 m~5 hSave it · 19Too windy for the topsKirk Fell at 802m (2,631ft) is the often overlooked giant between Great Gable and Pillar, its steep, grassy northern face rising directly from Black Sail Pass in a great dome.
- Esk Pike 3.5 km away885 m~5.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsEsk Pike at 885m (2,904ft) stands at the crossroads of the high Lakeland passes, above Esk Hause where the main routes to Scafell Pike, Bowfell and Great Gable all converge.
- Rossett Pike 3.9 km away651 m~3 h🚌 BusSave it · 17Too windy for the topsThe south top of Rossett Pike at 612m (2,008ft) is a rocky point on the ridge south of the main Rossett Pike summit, giving additional views down the Mickleden valley in Great Langdale.
- Scafell Pike 4 km away978 m~5.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsEngland's highest mountain, Scafell Pike stands at 978m (3,209ft) and is the supreme objective for every Lakeland walker.
- Fleetwith Pike 4 km away649 m~2.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsFleetwith Pike at 648m (2,126ft) stands above Honister Pass, its northern face falling in the famous Honister Crags that Wainwright described as giving one of the most dramatic fell profiles in the Western Fells.
- Haystacks (Buttermere) 4.2 km away597 m~4 h🚌 BusSave it · 19Too windy for the topsHaystacks at 597m (1,959ft) is the fell Wainwright loved above all others — not for its height, but for its character.
- Dale Head 4.4 km away754 m~3.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsDale Head at 753m (2,470ft) is the highest summit of the Newlands Horseshoe, a broad, rocky top above the head of the Newlands valley giving outstanding views of the full horseshoe circuit and south to the Borrowdale fells.
- Sergeant's Crag 4.4 km away571 m~2.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 19Too windy for the topsSergeant's Crag at 571m (1,873ft) is a craggy, rocky summit above Langstrath in Borrowdale, its small crags giving a surprisingly dramatic profile for a modest summit.
- Eagle Crag 4.7 km away523 m~2.5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsEagle Crag at 520m (1,706ft) is a magnificent rocky buttress above Langstrath, its eastern face dropping in great crags to the valley below.
- Bowfell 4.7 km away903 m~5 h🚌 BusSave it · 20Too windy for the topsBowfell at 902m (2,959ft) was one of Wainwright's great favourites — he described it as 'a mountaineer's mountain, as satisfying in detail as in general outline.' The summit is a magnificent rocky pyramid visible from much of southern Lakeland, and the views from the top encompass the full sweep of the Southern Fells, the Coniston group, the Langdale Pikes and — on a clear day — the sea to the south.
0 of the fells here are rated good to climb on 12 September — see live conditions →
A prediction from our daily fell score, not a guarantee — always check the mountain forecast before you go.
Map
● routes · ● fells within ~5 km
An interactive map of the route start points and the fells within about 5 km. Each marker links to its page; the same routes and fells are listed below.
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Taylor Gill Force — ‘within ~5 km’ means as the crow flies, not that the walk necessarily starts there. Always plan your own route and check the bus before you travel.