Bannisdale Horseshoe

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The Bannisdale Horseshoe is an upland area near the eastern boundary of the Lake District National Park, surrounding the valley of Bannisdale Beck, a tributary of the River Mint. It is described in the final chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland . [1] It describes

Lake District National Park protected area of the Lake District

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Wainwright's clockwise walk visits Whiteside Pike at 1,302 feet (397 m), Todd Fell at 1,313 feet (400 m), Capplebarrow at 1,683 feet (513 m), a nameless summit at 1,819 feet (554 m) (identified in the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH) as Swinklebank Crag), [2] a further nameless summit at 1,771 feet (540 m) (identified in DoBIH as Ancrow Brow North), [2] Long Crag at 1,602 feet (488 m), White Howe at 1,737 feet (529 m), a further nameless summit at 1,736 feet (529 m) (identified in DoBIH as The Forest [2] ) and Lamb Pasture at 1,205 feet (367 m). He describes Whiteside Pike as "a dark pyramid of heather and bracken and outcrops of rock: much the most attractive part of the horseshoe and worth a visit even if one goes no further."

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References

  1. Wainwright, A. (1974). "The Bannisdale Horseshoe". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland . Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 260–269.
  2. 1 2 3 "Database of British and Irish Hills" . Retrieved 17 May 2012.

Coordinates: 54°24′38″N2°43′27″W / 54.41056°N 2.72417°W / 54.41056; -2.72417

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