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North West England

St John'S Castlerigg And Wythburn

High Tove Summit Cairn – Thirlmere Reservoir loop from Legburthwaite

Hiking trails & Routes

North West England

St John'S Castlerigg And Wythburn

High Tove Summit Cairn – Thirlmere Reservoir loop from Legburthwaite

Moderate

4.6

(28)

306

hikers

High Tove Summit Cairn – Thirlmere Reservoir loop from Legburthwaite

04:12

12.4km

510m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

Tips

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

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Start point

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1

840 m

Thirlmere Dam Tower

Highlight • Monument

Don't walk on the wall as dangerous but nice tower and plaque to commemorate the dam.

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2

5.90 km

High Tove Summit Cairn

Highlight • Natural Monument

High Tove is a Wainwright fell in the Lake District National Park. The summit is marked by a large cairn and in his books, Alfred Wainwright comments that '(the cairn) …

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3

9.98 km

View of Lake District Valley and River

Highlight • Lake

It can be a hard walk up but on a nice day it's beaten to be in the woods listening to the birds, there's some great spots to stop and …

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4

10.0 km

View of Thirlmere from Raven Crag

Highlight • Viewpoint

For Wainwright baggers this fell is rather unusual, it's not often you get a planked walk-way to the summit of a Lake District fell! This is a popular fell with …

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5

10.1 km

Boardwalk and Steps to Raven Crag

Highlight • Summit

One of the alluring aspects of the Wainwright Fells is the manner with which you can escape to remote feeling places that seem as though they are far from human …

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6

10.5 km

View of the River in Lake District National Park

Highlight • River

7

10.8 km

View of Rocky Cliff in Lake District National Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

8

11.1 km

Thirlmere Reservoir

Highlight • Natural Monument

Once a smaller, natural lake, Thirlmere is a reservoir that was created in the 19th century to supply water to the burgeoning industrial powerhouse of Manchester. The reservoir occupies the …

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B

12.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.30 km

3.87 km

2.75 km

1.41 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.78 km

2.59 km

1.71 km

1.41 km

1.36 km

512 m

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