Home The 214 Fells Map The Parking Information Map       Parking Information for - Car Park, Wasdale Head Parking Details and Map Nearest Post Code: CA20 1EX Grid Reference: NY 186 708 Notes: Probably one of the more popular car parks in Lakeland due to proximity to Scafell Pike meaning that the car park at Wasdale Head is very popular all year around and is large enough to accommodate around forty cars and mini buses. Despite its popularity you may only struggle to park here during mid Summer or late into the afternoon.   Walks starting from this parking place Kirk Fell & Great Gable from Wasdale Head 2nd September 2023 ASCENT: 3,436 Feet - 1,047 Metres MILES: 7.5 WAINWRIGHTS: 2, Kirk Fell - Great Gable ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Mosedale - Gatherstone Beck - Gatherstone Head - Top of Black Sail Pass - Kirkfell Crags - Kirk Fell - Kirk Fell North Top - Rib End - Beck Head - Great Gable - Breast Route - Sty Head - Moses Trod - Burnthwaite - Wasdale Head   The Mosedale Horseshoe 8th August 2022 ASCENT: 3,753 Feet - 1,144 Metres MILES: 8 WAINWRIGHTS: 3, Pillar - Scoat Fell - Red Pike (Wasdale) ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Mosedale - Gatherstone Beck - Gatherstone Head - Top of Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead - High Level Traverse - Robinson's Cairn - Hind Cove - Pillar Cove - Shamrock Traverse - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Dorehead Screes - Mosedale - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head   Great End & Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head 7th June 2022 ASCENT: 3,691 Feet 1,125 Metres MILES: 8 WAINWRIGHTS: 3, Great End - Scafell Pike - Lingmell ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Burnthwaite - Moses Trod - Sty Head - The Band - Great End - Broad Crag - Broad Crag Col - Scafell Pike - Lingmell Col - Lingmell - Goat Crags - Down-in-the-Dale - Wasdale Head   Red Pike Direct 2nd July 2021 ASCENT: 3,796 Feet - 1,157 Metres MILES: 8.5 WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Red Pike (Wasdale) - Steeple - Scoat Fell - Pillar ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Mosedale - Mosedale Beck - Y Boulder - Low Red Pike - Red Pike - Steeple - Scoat Fell - Black Crag - Wind Gap - Pillar - Looking Stead - Top of Black Sail Pass - Gatherstone Beck - Mosedale - Wasdale Head   Scafell Pike and Lingmell from Wasdale Head 2nd April 2021 ASCENT: 3,804 Feet - 1,160 Metres MILES: 6 WAINWRIGHTS: 2, Scafell Pike - Lingmell ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Down-in-the-Dale - Lingmell Beck - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - Lingmell Col - Lingmell - Lingmell Crag - Goat Crags - Down-in-the-Dale - Lingmell Beck - Wasdale Head   Scafell Pike and Lingmell from Wasdale Head 8th August 2019 ASCENT: 3,804 Feet - 1,160 Metres MILES: 6 WAINWRIGHTS: 2, Scafell Pike - Lingmell ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Down-in-the-Dale - Lingmell Beck - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - Lingmell Col - Lingmell - Lingmell Crag - Goat Crags - Down-in-the-Dale - Lingmell Beck - Wasdale Head   Walking the Birketts, Mosedale Horseshoe 4th September 2018 ASCENT: 3,430 Feet - 1,046 Metres MILES: 8.1 BIRKETTS: 6, Looking Stead - Pillar - Black Crag - Scoat Fell - Steeple - Red Pike ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Mosedale - Gatherstone Beck - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag - Scoat Fell - Steeple - Red Pike - Dore Head - Dorehead Screes - Mosedale - Wasdale Head   Lingmell via Piers Gill 7th May 2018 ASCENT: 2,600 Feet - 793 Metres MILES: 5.7 WAINWRIGHTS: Lingmell ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Burnthwaite - Moses Trod - Lingmell Beck - Piers Gill - Lingmell Col - Lingmell - Goat Crags - Lingmell West Ridge - Down-in-the-Dale -Wasdale Head   The Wasdale Head Watershed 22nd April 2017 ASCENT: 5,244 Feet - 1,599 Metres MILES: 10.2 WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Scafell Pike - Lingmell - Great Gable - Kirk Fell ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - Lingmell Col - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Corridor Route - Sty Head - Great Gable - Beck Head - Rib End - Kirk Fell - Kirkfell Crags - Top of Blacksail Pass - Gatherstone Beck - Mosedale - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head   Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 24 The Scafells and Illgill Head 23rd July 2016 ASCENT: 5,413 Feet - 1,650 Meters MILES: 13 WAINWRIGHTS: 6, Lingmell - Scafell Pike - Scafell - Slight Side - IIIgill Head - Whin Rigg ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Brackenclose - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxs Tarn Gully - Foxs Tarn - Scafell - Long Green - Slight Side - Hardrigg Gill - Maiden Castle Cairn - IIIgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Wast Water   Pillar Rock by the Slab and Notch route 6th May 2016 ASCENT: 3,150 Feet - 960 Meters MILES: 6.6 WAINWRIGHTS: Pillar ROUTE: Wasdale Head – Mosedale Beck - Gatherstone Beck - Black Sail Pass – Looking Stead – High Level Traverse – Robinsons Cairn – Shamrock Traverse - The Slab - The Notch - Pillar Rock - Jordan Gap – Shamrock Traverse - Pillar – Wind Gap – Wind Gap Screes - Mosedale – Wasdale Head   The Harry Griffin 2,000 footers Walk 27 -The Roof of England 13th September 2015 ASCENT: 4,684 Feet - 1,428 Meters MILES: 10.3 SUMMITS OVER 2'000Ft: 5, Lingmell - Scafell Pike - Scafell - Cam Spout Crag - Slight Side ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Brackenclose - Lingmell Gill - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxs Tarn Gully - Foxs Tarn - Scafell - Long Green - Cam Spout Crag - Slight Side - Hardrigg Gill - Brackenclose - Wasdale Head   The Harry Griffin 2,000 footers Walk 22 -The Mosedale Horseshoe 8th August 2015 ASCENT: 4,922 Feet - 1,501 Meters MILES: 10.8 SUMMITS OVER 2'000Ft: 11, Looking Stead - Pillar - Black Crag - Little Scoat Fell - Scoat Fell (NY 158 114) - Steeple - Scoat Fell (Summit) - Little Gowder Crag - Red Pike (Wasdale) Stirrup Crags - Yewbarrow ROUTE: Wasdale Head - Mosedale - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag - Scoat Fell - Steeple - Little Gowder Crag - Red Pike - Dore Head - Stirrup Crags - Yewbarrow - Bob Graham Relay Descent off Yewbarrow - Road Back to Wasdale Head   The Scafells via Piers Gill, Lord’s Rake & Deep Gill 15th June 2014 ASCENT: 3,805 Feet – 1,160 Meters MILES: 6.8 WAINWRIGHTS: 2 Scafell Pike – Sca Fell ROUTE: Wasdale Head – Burnthwaite – Moses Trod – Lingmell Beck – Piers Gill – Corridor Route – Broad Crag Col – Scafell Pike – Mickledore – Rakes Progress – Lord’s Rake – West Wall Traverse – Deep Gill – Symonds Knott – Sca Fell – Green How – Rakehead Crag – Bracken Close – Wasdale Head   A Mosedale Round – Pillar to Red Pike 30th January 2014 ASCENT: 4,011 Feet – 1,223 Meters MILES: 9.6 WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Pillar – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Red Pike (Wasdale) ROUTE: Wasdale Head – Mosedale – Black Sail Pass – Looking Stead – Pillar – Wind Gap – Black Crag – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Red Pike (Wasdale) – Dore Head – Overbeck – Yewbarrow South Ridge – Down in the Dale – Wasdale Head   The Gable Girdle 27th July 2012 ASCENT: 3,372 Feet 1,028 Metres MILES: 6 WAINWRIGHTS: 1, Great Gable ROUTE:     Nothing better than this… 27th May 2012 ASCENT: 4,509 Feet, 1,377 Metres MILES: 9.6 WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Scafell, Slight Side ROUTE: Wasdale Head – Down In The Dale –  Brackenclose – Lingmell – Lingmell Col – Scafell Pike – Lords Rake – Scafell – Long Green – Slight Side – Quargrigg Moss – Great How – Burnmoor Tarn – Down In The Dale – Wasdale Head   The patron fell of Wasdale 31st January 2012 ASCENT: 2,700 Feet, 823 Metres MILES: 4.6 WAINWRIGHTS: 1, Kirk Fell ROUTE: Wasdale Head – Black Sail Pass – Kirk Fell – Kirk Fell Tarn – Kirk Fell Screes – St Olafs Church – Wasdale Head   Lingmell To Slight Side via The Scafell’s 4th September 2011 ASCENT: 4,500 Feet, 1,372 Meters MILES: 9.7 WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Sca Fell & Slight Side ROUTE: Brackenclose, Lingmell, Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike, Lords Rake, Sca Fell, Long Green, Slight Side, Quagrigg Moss, Broad Tongue, Burnmoor Tarn, Wasdale Head   Mosedale Round, Via The High Level Route 26th June 2010 ASCENT: 1,554 Mtrs 5,100 Ft MILES: 10.5 WAINWRIGHTS: 6, Kirk Fell, Pillar, Scoat Fell, Steeple, Red Pike & Yewbarrow ROUTE:     Scafell Pike 9th August 2009 ASCENT: 978 Mtrs  3210Ft MILES: xxx WAINWRIGHTS: 1, Scafell Pike ROUTE: xxxx     Back to top   sharkeysdream.co.uk