Walk Information
Walk route: Scarside - Knipescar Common - Scarside
Distance: 3.50 miles
Ascent: 300ft
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
With: Anne
Conditions: A short evening walk
Comment: We followed A. Wainwright's 'Knipescar Common' walk in his book 'The Outyling Fells of Lakeland' [page 220]
Route Map
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Photos
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Start of the track to Scarside
A glimpse of Haweswater from above Scarside
The Haweswater fells from the common
Looking towards the southeast end of Knipescar Common
The village of Bampton Grange from Knipescar
The Stone Circle on Knipescar Common, the post helps you find it
Limestone pavement
Looking over the wall at the southeast end of Knipescar Common to see Shapbeck Quarry and the North Pennines
Knipescar Common from the southeast end next to the old limekiln
The old limekiln, Knipescar Common
Scarside
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