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A good place place to stop for a pint after walking

The Three Shires Stone at the top of Wrynose Pass is the meeting point of the former counties of Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland. Now most people pass over en-route elsewhere. The road to east and west is single track with a few passing places. There is a small amount of parking here. Walkers often ascend up to Red Tarn to the north from here or south onto the Coniston fells.

Sadly the pub is currently closed and has been for some time. Don't pin your hopes on a post walk pint!

If you are on an e-bike then the only way to do it is ride up from Troutbeck and descend into Kentmere, unless you like walk mode!!! Even on a standard bike you are better doing it this way in my opinion.

Kirkstone Pass, at 1,493 feet (455 m), is the Lake District's highest pass open to motor vehicles. The pass connects Ambleside to Patterdale or Windermere to Ullswater. The Kirkstone Pass Inn is the third-highest pub in England and a useful start or end point to a run. This is the end point of the first leg of the Joss Naylor Challenge and it's also used as an aid station point in several races.

The Wrynose Pass connects Little Langdale with the Duddon and provides hillwalkers with a high start point for the surrounding Wainwrights. To the south, the Coniston Group can be easily accessed, while Pike o' Blisco and Cold Pike are just as easily claimed to the north. There's quite a bit of parking along the road though it can get very busy in the height of summer.

Best done during dry and not so windy conditions

Cheated, the push up from Kentmere looks friggin epic! The other side is boring... I feel cheated, 😭😮‍💨