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Woodland Fell

Walked on 15/06/2005

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

Woodland Fell route map.

Woodland Fell - 15th June 001

Yew Bank from Strands Beck.

Woodland Fell - 15th June 004

Foxgloves in abundance on Woodland Fell.

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The summit of Yew Bank.

Woodland Fell - 15th June 009

Beacon Fell from the cairn above Beacon Tarn.

Woodland Fell - 15th June 010

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

Woodland Fell - 15th June 017

Woodland Fell - 15th June 018

Green Moor Farm.

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The footbridge, Green Moor Beck.

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