The Top 13 Gorges around Coniston
Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 13
to choose from around Coniston. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Coniston.
to choose from around Coniston. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Coniston.
Last updated: October 21, 2025
Foxes Rake (Foxes Tarn Gully)
Highlight • Gorge
Foxes Rake is a scramble route between Scafell Pike and Sca Fell. Stick to the gully itself which has water running down it from Foxes Tarn. In winter the water …
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Stickle Ghyll Waterfalls
Highlight • Natural Monument
Stickle Ghyll flows steeply down from Stickle Tarn to the Great Langdale Beck in the valley. It's a rocky ghyll with lots of waterfalls and pools, perfect for a paddle …
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Lord's Rake
Highlight • Climb
A brilliant grade 1 scramble, we dropped down from the top of Scafell pike to go up Scafell via this route, I would suggest if you are a confident and sure footed hiker then this is the route for you.
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Black Moss Pot
Highlight • Gorge
Black Moss Pot is a pool on Langstrath Beck where the water cascades into a small ravine. With high rock walls and a deep pool to jump into, it's is …
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Stickle Ghyll Waterfall
Highlight • Viewpoint
The descent past Stickle Tarn runs along a mountain river with a steep drop, rapids, waterfalls. Very beautiful and in hot weather an ideal cooling.
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