Start point: Woodland (SD 248 895)

Woodland – Yew Bank (OF) – Beacon Tarn – Wool Knott (OF) – Green Moor Farm – Woodland

Distance: 5.3 miles     Total Ascent: 464 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours

Weather: Dull and drizzly, 12°C.

Today’s walk is over little known and little frequented Woodland Fell which lies between Torver and Broughton. It is a lovely secluded place, very quiet, with great views to the Coniston fells in clear weather. Today, the weather was not kind with constant drizzle and grey skies – it felt like November, not June! Here is a snippet of how A.Wainwright described Woodland Fell ‘….the walk here described is a connoisseurs piece, every step an uninhibited joy, every corner a delight. No footmarks, no litter…’. I must say I agree with him.

This walk follows Wainwright’s Woodland Fell chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 102.

Woodland Fell route map.

Yew Bank from Strands Beck.

Foxgloves in abundance on Woodland Fell.

The summit of Yew Bank.

Beacon Fell from the cairn above Beacon Tarn.

Beacon Tarn - re-christened 'Sparkly Tarn' by Connie two weeks ago - not looking quite so sparkly today.

Green Moor Farm.

The footbridge, Green Moor Beck.