High Street Roman Road
Thursday 6th May 2010
| 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 |
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| Start Time | 8AM | |
| Price | £30 per person. Family Tickets from £70 |
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| To Book |
To book a place on this walk simply click the add to cart button above. You will then be able to select the number of places required in the shopping cart. Once the booking is complete you will recieve an email with all the details for the event, along with a link where you can enter your / your groups details. |
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| Availiability: | More than 8 spaces remaining. If booking more than 8 places please ring or email first to confirm. |
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.
Pictures from deanconner.co.ukGuided walks are available on the following dates:
Please select the relavent date for more information.
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Want this walk on another date?
Why not make a private booking?
We can take a private booking for this or any other walk on any day of the year.For more information please click here. |
| The Route: |
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.
| Packed Lunches: |
Please ring or email to book this service or order below.
Sandwiches available are:
- Cheese with or without pickle
- Egg Mayonnaise
- Beef with or without Horseradish
- Roast Ham with or without Mustard
All the above can be provided on white or wholemeal bread with or without salad.
Fruit available includes apples, pears, bananas or oranges
Hot flasks of tea / coffee / hot chocolate / green tea or tomato soup can also be provided, priced at £2 per flask.
| 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. Please ring or email to see what we have available.
Equipment hire is priced at £2 per item to cover laundry costs.
We do not however have walking boots available, we recommend anyone wishing to hire these for the day should contact George Fishers in Keswick|
Each client is expected to bring suitable personal equipment, this should include the following: Summer Walks:Walking shoes / Boots |