Mountains & hills · North West England
Fairfield horseshoe
In or near Rydal.
Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular hillwalking ridge walk route starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District that takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal B
Bill Boaden — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Nearest railway station
- Windermere · 10.0 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular hillwalking ridge walk route starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District that takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal Beck.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular hillwalking ridge walk route starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District that takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal Beck.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The walk is extremely popular and follows well defined paths throughout with no real difficulties; however, care should be taken on the summit of Fairfield in poor visibility as the plateau of that mountain is very flat and can be quite confusing, with the danger of steep drops to the north and west. The eastern side of the horseshoe from Low Sweden Bridge near Ambleside to the slopes of Hart Crag follows a high dry stone wall, covering some six kilometres, making navigation simple even in poor weather conditions. One of Wainwright’s favourite ridge walks, the round was described by him as “a great horseshoe of grassy slopes below a consistently high skyline, simple in design and impressive…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.4608, -2.9687
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Lakes
- Postcode
- LA22 9LX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Nearest railway station
- Windermere — 10 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Fairfield horseshoe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fairfield horseshoe?
- Fairfield horseshoe is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode LA22 9LX), in the parish of Lakes.
- What is Fairfield horseshoe?
- Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular hillwalking ridge walk route starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District that takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal B
- How do I get to Fairfield horseshoe?
- The nearest railway station is Windermere, about 10.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode LA22 9LX.
- Is Fairfield horseshoe a protected site?
- Yes — Fairfield horseshoe is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Fairfield horseshoe?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LA22 9LX. It sits within the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency.