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Hartsop Village Car Park – Cairn on Hartsop Dodd loop from Hartsop

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Hartsop Village Car Park – Cairn on Hartsop Dodd loop from Hartsop

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Hartsop Village Car Park – Cairn on Hartsop Dodd loop from Hartsop

03:48

8.29km

620m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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23 m

Hartsop Village Car Park

Highlight • Parking

A great gravel-based car park working on an honesty-box principle. It is primarily used for walkers heading to Hayeswater Gill, Angle Tarn, and Rest Dodd. It is a blessing in disguise in this congested little valley, and it is a decent size too. If this is full, there is also parking about a kilometre away at Cow Bridge Car Park.

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1.36 km

Cairn on Hartsop Dodd

Highlight • Viewpoint

Hartsop Dodd is a 2,028-foot (618 m) Wainwright fell in the Far Eastern Lake District. Unless you're dropping down onto it from Stony Cove Pike there is no easy way up his fell as it's quite steep on all sides (although not technical, just a bit of a calf burner!) Following the small zig zags up the north ridge is my preferred ascent, stopping frequently to admire the view down to Brothers Water and Ullswater. The Wainwright summit is actually over by the wall rather than the prominent cairn further north-west which most people consider the top.

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3.38 km

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

This summit of Caudale Moor is named Stony Cove Pike and it is the Wainwright top of this 2,503-foot (763 m) Far Eastern Lake District fell. A whopping six ridges leave the summit of this fell in different directions and yet both times I've hiked this fell I've approached from Hartsop Dodd and left towards Thornthwaite Crag. I need to get more creative with my routes up here!

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4.05 km

Caudale Moor

Peak

6.37 km

The Brotherswater Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

A fellside pub, open every day (apart from Christmas day) and ready to welcome walkers, climbers and other outdoorsy types. Good food, beer, drinks and snacks as expected. Nice places to sit inside or outside.
They also have camping and rooms available.

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