Loadpot Hill Trig Point

Loadpot Hill is a broad, windswept upland in the northwest of the Lake District National Park. Heading north, it is the final fell of substantial height in Wainwright’s Far Eastern Fells and, despite its rather flat summit robbing any view of immediate impact, it is a glorious vantage for gazing more distantly across the fells around Ullswater and towards the Helvellyn range.

Approaches to Loadpot Hill usually begin from either Howtown to the west, Pooley Bridge to the north or from Bampton, Helton or Askham in the east. Start points can be reached by boat via the Ullswater Steamers from Pooley Bridge or Glenridding, both of which have plenty of accommodation.

Loadpot Hill’s broad flanks are a good place to spot members of the Martindale red deer herd, the oldest such herd in England. Their population continues to expand across the Far Eastern Fells and their territory stretches as far as Shap to the east.