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Please note all walkers take part entirely at their own risk and are asked to note the following advice statement
The Patterdale Parish Walk is 7 miles long and is mainly downhill. It starts at
Kirkstone Top (roughly the half-
From Kirkstone Top car park, this Walk drops down the feel side (NOT the Kirkstone
Road) to the Red Pit Car Park, down the track to the west of the Kirkstone road and
beck, over the small Caiston Beck Bridge, past the Ancient Settlement, through Hartsop
Hall, Brotherswater, Cow Bridge, Hartsop Road End, Beckstone Farm, Crook-
If you’d like to join this walk please contact us. Please note you must register an interest before the end of June to take part. Alternatively if you can’t participate but would like to sponsor one of the teams, please click the “Sponsorship” link.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ADVICE FOR WALKERS PARTICIPATING IN THE MAIN PATTERDALE PARISH BOUNDARY WALK. PEOPLE TAKE PART ENTIRELY AT THEIR OWN RISK.
- Everyone taking part must belong to a Team which should have 3 or more people.
- Teams should be experienced and fit and able to complete the Walk.
- Young people under 16 should not take part in the Main Boundary Walk.
- Teams must start at Kirkstone Top car park between 10:30 a.m. And 1:00 p.m. and should
finish (c.2-
4 hours later) at Patterdale School - Teams should follow the route as described above and as detailed on the 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey Map.
- Everyone must check in three times:
- At Kirkstone Top (map ref: 401 080)
- Finally at Patterdale School (map ref: 394 162)
- Patterdale School is the Control Centre (Tel: 017684 82383)
- It is essential that everyone reports to Patterdale School at the end of the relevant
walk so they can be checked out. This includes people who have dropped out -
who should report from the valley bottom and not from the fell! - People within each Team should keep together all the time and should not split up
- If one Team member wishes to drop out, the other team members should take responsibility and make sure he or she is safe and reports to Patterdale School
- If a Team member becomes a casualty, one member should stay with the casualty while another reports to Patterdale School
- If there is an accident Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team may be called out in the normal way by a 999 call. Our thanks as always to the Rescue Team
- There are refreshments at Kirkstone and at Patterdale School.
- Everyone should carry a map, compass, whistle, wet weather gear, first-
aid kit, food, water, torch, spare batteries, mobile phone (note reception is variable and Vodafone is the main mobile network in the area) - Sunset is at 9:50pm.
- Every Team must have a recognition name, e.g. THE SNAILS
- The weather can be very bad with heavy rain and high winds, even in Summer.
- PEOPLE TAKE PART ENTIRELY AT THEIR OWN RISK
