The Lake District Walker
Guided Walks in the English Lake District


High Street Roman Road

Tuesday 20th July 2010 - The High Street Roman Road

£30.00

Difficulty   Very Hard (A very long walk)
Distance   36.5km / 23 miles
Time (Approx.)   12 hours approx
Start / Finish point(s)   Brougham Castle, Penrith / Ambleside
Postcode of start point   CA10 2AA
Start Time   8am
Price   £30 per person
     
To Book   See bottom of page

This is a rare chance to walk along the length of the High Street Roman Road, from Fort to Fort.

This will challenge your endurance, it's great practice to test how your preparing for a challenge such as The 3 Peaks Challenge a charity fundraising event or a personal goal.

Why not let our experienced instructors guide you on this wonderful ridge walk, full of history (not just Roman) for a wonderful, albeit long day on the fells.

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The Route:
This walk will have full minibus support throughout the day, with pick up and dropping off in Ambleside, Keswick and Penrith

A very long route covering an entire days march for a Roman Centurion, we start the route at Brougham Castle, next to the remains of a Roman Fort and follow the length of the High Street Roman Road as closely as possible to the Roman Fort at Ambleside.

During the route we will be in touch with the minibus and will be able to drop off anyone who is unable to complete the walk.

From Brougham Castle we will follow the lane through Eamont Bridge, Yanwath and Tirral before leaving the country lanes at Celleron. Here we will climb gently on the remains of the Roman Road to 'The Cockpit' the most impressive of the ancient stone circles we will pass on the walk.

From here the road will continue to climb onto the main High Street ridge taking us past the summits of Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Red Crag, High Raise and Rampsgill Head before crossing the Straits Of Riggindale, where to our left lives the last wild Golden Eagle in England.

A short climb brings us onto our highest point of the walk, towards the summit of High Street, a short detour from the Roman road can be made here to take in the summit, before the path leads us down to Troutbeck Park and into the village of Troutbeck.

From the other side of the village we rejoin a track leading around the flanks of the hill before descending via Jenkin Crag to Waterhead and the short walk along the lake shore to the Galava Roman Fort at Ambleside.


Equipment:
A printed map and route card for the days walk is provided for each client so that they can follow the days progress.

The Lake District Walker is able to provide limited equipment for use by clients, this includes waterproof clothing and warm clothing.

Equipment currently available is listed here

Each client is expected to bring suitable personal equipment, this should include the following:

Summer Walks:

Walking shoes / Boots
Waterproof clothing (Jacket and trousers)
Suitable clothing for walking (no jeans)
Warm tops
Packed lunch
Spare clothing
Water
Torch
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