Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell

 

A walk from Dockray along Aira Beck to Aira Force, then onto Green Hill & across open fell side to pick up the path to the shooting lodge, then onto Gowbarrow Fell before returning back to Dockray

 
Completed:  8 June 2011
Distance: 4½ miles approx
Weather: Showery, clearing afternoon, with some sunshine
Time: 3 hrs - all photographs taken between 10:36 & 12:34
Terrain: Fell side & gravel paths
Stiles: 2
Highest Point: 1,532 ft
Assent: 1,391 ft
Grade: Easy to moderate
Parking: Park in a lay-by just over the bridge south of Dockray (GR: NY 392-216) click here for location map
Nearest Towns: Glenridding
Refreshments: The Royal Hotel - Dockray
Toilets: No public toilets én route, public toilets at National Trust car park at Aira Force
Transport: Car
Other Walks: Catbells - Lakeland Walks, Leaney's Lakeland Fells, Lake District Walks & Striding Edge
Maps: Outdoor Leisure No. 4, 5, 6 & 7
 
Photographs

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