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A love of the Lakes

One family's Lakeland Fell Walking blog
by Rob Marsh


"Many are those who have fallen under the spell of Lakeland, and many are they who have been moved to tell of their affection in story, verse and icture"

... A. Wainwright

Carron Crag

Walk          : Carron Crag (1,030ft) from the Grizedale Visitor Centre

Date          : 30th January 2025

Weather    : Cloudy, dry @ 8 degrees

Distance    : 3 miles round trip

Difficulty     : 1
(1=easy 5 = hard) 
Terrain Overview

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Walk Overview

A family friendly walk from the Grizedale Visitor Centre, with good paths
throughout and one or two unusual features along the way

The car park at the start of the walk


We drove to the Grizedale Visitor Centre via Hawkshead. There is a massive car
park within the grounds. They use ANPR so you pay for exactly the amount of time
you are parked there. At the time of writing this, we paid £9 - however we did spend
some time at the Cafe after the walk

Setting off on the walk


From the car park head North for a couple of hundred yards towards
the exit on the main road

Heading towards the exit


Heading towards the exit on your left

The Visitor centre


From the exit, cross the road and head off down the lane to the left
of the Visitor Centre

The tarmac road is followed briefly


The tarmac road is followed briefly before entering one of the many forest trails

Starting on the forest trail


At the end of the lane the forest trail can be seen heading off through the woods

Setting off on the forest trail


Turn left of the road to start out on the trail


Take the left hand fork


Whilst both paths head to the same point the left hand track is far more easy

Starting out on the left hand track


Starting out on the left hand track

The trail leads to one of the main tracks through the forest


The trail meets one of the major routes through the forest. At the junction turn right

The major track


Heading off down the main track

The pencil statue


Yards after we pass the sculpture prepare to make a left turn

Setting off left up the path


We turn left to take the narrow track that leads in to the heart of the forest

The big cones


Not sure what these are so we went for a closer look

Spud in the cone


Still dont know what they are and Spud was none too impressed either

Carrying on the path


Past the cones we carry on the path as it leads to a cross roads

The cross roads


At the cross roads turn right

Prepare to turn left


Having turned right the main track is only followed for a short distance
before a turning on the left comes up pretty quickly

The sign at the start of the path


The trail is clearly sign posted and serves as a warning to mountain bikers
that this is intended for walkers only

Setting off down the trail


Setting off down the trail bound for Carron Crag summit

The trail passes through an area of tall pine trees


The trail passes through an area of tall pine trees that have undergone
some considerable felling by the Forestry Commission


The ring scupture


Passing the ring scupture. The summit is very near now


Approaching the summit of Carron Crag


Approaching the summit of Carron Crag


Looking back to the ring sculpture


Looking back to the ring sculpture on the way to the summit

The trig point summit of Carron Crag


The trig point summit of Carron Crag

Sue and Spud on the summit of Carron Crag


Sue and Spud on the summit of Carron Crag. Click here for a 360 degree view

Caw from the summit


Looking across to a distant Caw from the summit

The snow capped Coniston Fells


The snow capped Coniston Fells from the summit

Looking North towards Ambleside and part of the Fairfield Horseshoe


Looking North towards Ambleside and part of the Fairfield Horseshoe