Orrest Head
Orrest Head
1.0km
Total Distance
91m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
Starting beside the Windermere Hotel near Windermere station, the route climbs a lane and a restored Victorian carriageway through Elleray Wood to the open top of Orrest Head. The 238 m summit gives a 360 degree view over Windermere and the central fells. It was the first fell Alfred Wainwright climbed, and the path is the National Park's 50th Miles Without Stiles route.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Drinking waterat the start
- 2Orrest Headat the end · Viewpoint
- Bus stop
- Windermere Railway Station (1) · 109m from the start
- Parking
- 13m from the start
- Surface
- paved 63%, natural ground 13%, gravel 13%
- Marked route
- Windermere to Townend walk, Windermere
