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Hartside from Gamblesby

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Overview

An anti-clockwise loop from Gamblesby village up to Hartside summit on fell lanes, returning on good tracks, farmlands and quiet country roads. Views from the top are wonderful on a clear day.

Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Meeting time:
9:15 am
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
3:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.1km / 7.5mi
Ascent:
381m / 1250ft
Type:
circular

This is generally an easy walk which will be taken at a leisurely pace. Most of the ascent is from the start with a gradual rather than steep gradient to the top.

 

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Car parking available
  • Car sharing available
  • Dog friendly

Meeting point

Grid reference:
NY 52700 29501
Nearest postcode:
CA11 8RQ
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Meeting time:
9:15 am

Penrith Rugby Club Car Park

Starting point

Grid reference:
NY 61028 39468
Nearest postcode:
CA10 1HY
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Start time:
10:00 am

Gamblesby

Upcoming walks with Penrith Group Sunshine and showers

Summit of Roman Fell

Roman Fell

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
Looking back up the Nan Bield path

High Street via Riggindale Crag and Small Water

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.8 miles
Ashness Bridge

Great Wood, Ashness Bridge and Castle Head

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
Harter Fell Gully

Magnificent Mardale Head

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
11.5 miles
Lowther Castle

"Castle to Cockpit" a walk from Lowther Castle to Askham Fell via Ullswater Way

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
Blencathra

A Walk around Threlkeld

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.4 miles
.

High Spy

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
7.5 miles
Placeholder image

Potter Tarn, Gurnal Dubs and the River Kent from Staveley

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
Coves

Helvellyn's Secret Coves

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Thursday Evening Walk - Around and Up Hallin Fell

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
.

Armathwaite, Coombs Wood & Ainstable

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.2 miles
Bluebells

Flakebridge Bluebell walk

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Lady's Walk, Edenhall

Start:

Difficulty:
Easy
Distance:
3.0 miles
From the top of Murton Pike

Murton Pike and Flakebridge Wood

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.7 miles
BGR

Bob Graham Round Leg 2

Start:

Difficulty:
Easy Access
Distance:
14.0 miles
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The Dodds and Hartside

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Hartside from Gamblesby

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.5 miles
Bluebells

The evening bluebell walk

Start:

Difficulty:
Easy
Distance:
3.0 miles
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A Walk Around the Caldbeck Fells

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.9 miles
High Cup Nick

High Cup Nick from Dufton

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
Dufton 1

Dufton Pike and Dufton Ghyll Woods

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.5 miles
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Thursday Evening Walks - Greystoke Loop

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.3 miles
Scarecrows 2024

A stile free walk around Orton and the Scarecrows

Start:

Difficulty:
Easy
Distance:
4.0 miles
Placeholder image

The Other Borrowdale With a Few Hills

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.6 miles
Newlands

Newlands horseshoe revisited

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
11.0 miles
Placeholder image

Thursday Evening Walks- Glenridding.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.8 miles
Looking towards the Coronation tree above Crosby Ravensworth

Crosby Ravensworth Fell, Iron Hill and Maulds Meaburn

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
BGR

Bob Graham Round Leg 3

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
17.0 miles
Ullswater

Gowbarrow

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
4.0 miles
Barbon Church

Barbon Low Fell

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.6 miles
BGR

Bob Graham Round Leg 3 - Contingency day

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
1.0 miles
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Dufton village and Dufton Ghyll Wood

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
3.2 miles
High Stile

High Stile High Jinks

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
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Thursday Evening Walks -Thelkeld.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.5 miles
Knipe Scar

Thursday Evening Walks - Knipe Scar

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.5 miles
Grange

Inspection of Troutdale Pinnacle and Exploration of Grange Fell

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
Tir

Evening walk: The Charles Gough Path

Start:

Difficulty:
Easy
Distance:
4.5 miles
BGR

Bob Graham Round Leg 4

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles

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  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
Join now for just £3.58 per month
Register for an account for FREE