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High Street Roman Road

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Difficulty:	Exposure:
A long walk, similar in difficulty to the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, on good paths throughout
Distance: 37km / 23 miles	Ascent: 900m / 3000ft
Duration: 12 hours	Maximum Group Ratio: 10:1

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Event Description

"Most of the high places in Lakeland have no places in history books... Not so High Street which as been known and trodden, down through the ages."

A. Wainwright

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 Peak 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.

Summits included on this route:

Loadpot Hill	671 metres/2201 feet
Wether Hill	670 metres/2198 feet
High Raise	802 metres/2631 feet
Rampsgill Head	792 metres/2598 feet
High Street	828 metres/2717 feet
Thornthwaite Crag	784 metres/2572 feet

High Street is the most elevated Roman road in the country, and reaches approximately 2600ft (approximately 792m) above sea level at its highest point.

High Street was not identified as a Roman road until the early 19th century, although it is named in 14th century documents as ‘Bretstrett’ or ‘street of the Britons’, and so was evidently considered to be of some antiquity even at this date. It is recorded on several maps during the 19th century, but there has always been considerable debate over its purpose and ultimate destination at its southern end. Sections were excavated through it to the north during the mid and late 19th century, although the accounts are not detailed, and give somewhat contradictory descriptions. It was still used by peat cutters as a packhorse track until the middle of the 19th century, and as a result of this, and its popularity as a place for walkers, it has been heavily eroded.

An early morning pick up in Ambleside for all participants who will be transported to Brougham Castle, the start of the days walk.

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.

Each participant will be required to bring suitable equipment for their chosen event, please see Kit List tab above.

Meet Point	The Bridge House, Ambleside
Postcode / GR	LA22 9AN / NY 376 046
Location Info	The Bridge House is easily found in Ambleside Village, on the A591 Rydal Road, just north of the centre of the village towards the Rydal Road Car Park and the mini roundabout. The Bridge House will be found on the left of the road, opposite the SR Cunninghams / Jack Wolfskin shop. The Bridge House, a small house built on a bridge over the beck is now a National Trust gift shop, we will meet outside the shop.