WalkHidden gem
Castle Crag
Grange in Borrowdale, North West England
A short, steep wooded fell in Borrowdale with an Iron Age fort and a memorial on top.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Castle Crag is not a big hill, but it is steep, wooded and has slate-quarry caves on the way up. At the top there are traces of an Iron Age fort and a memorial to the fallen of the First World War. The views down Borrowdale and across Derwent Water are some of the best for the effort.
Good to know
- Allow about 2 hours return from Grange or Rosthwaite
- The top section is loose slate, wear grippy shoes
- Best time
- Clear morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Walk from the Borrowdale road at Grange or Rosthwaite
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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