Wool Knott - Route One

 
 

Start - Water Yeat SD 287 892  Distance - 1.35 miles Ascent - 525 feet Time - 45 minutes

 
 

 

The walk starts from a small parking area on the minor road to the west of Water Yeat
Follow the road to Greenholme Farm which is about a third of a mile from Water Yeat
Tottlebank Height from the road as it approaches Greenholme Farm
The metalled road ends at Greenholme Farm the footpath to Beacon Tarn continues on beyond it
On the footpath above Greenholme Farm
Looking back across the Crake Valley from the footpath above Greenholme Farm
The path crosses the lower slopes of Slatestone Fell to enter the shallow valley of Tarn Beck via a short section of a walled lane alongside Yew Barrow Wood 
The footpath to Beacon Tarn above Yew Barrow Wood
Looking back to Yew Barrow Wood
Wool Knott comes into view
The footbridge over Tarn Beck
Wool Knott from the footbridge over Tarn Beck
The footpath turns to to the north west towards Beacon Tarn which is just over a quarter of a mile from the footbridge
Looking back to Slatestone Felll
Dow Crag appears across Beacon Fell as the path approaches the tarn
Beacon Tarn
Wool Knott from Beacon Tarn.  The path passes over a low bank to join the Cumbria Way at the southern end of the tarn
Caw, White Pike, White Maiden, Walna Scar,Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man from the southern end of the tarn
Top o' Selside from the southern end of the tarn
Beacon Fell and Bleak Knott across Beacon Tarn
The Cumbria Way, which runs alongside the western side of Beacon Tarn is only followed for a few yards before leaving it for a path which climbs up to the col between Wool Knott and Raise
Looking back from the path to the col
Tottlebank Height from the path to the col
Near the top of the col a path turns off to the left, crosses a short section of marshy ground, and climbs directly towards the depression between the twin tops of Wool Knott
The Coniston Fells from the path to Wool Knott
Beacon Fell and Bleak Kott from the path to Wool Knott
Black Combe across the Wool Knott ~ Raise col
Approaching the summit of Wool Knott
Buck Barrow, Burn Moor and Whit Fell across the slopes of Raise
The western top is the highest point of Wool Knott
The summit cairn on Wool Knott
Top o' Selside across the eastern top of Wool Knott
The Crake Valley from the summit of Wool Knott
Blawith Knott from the summit of Wool Knott
Black Combe from the summit of Wool Knott
Buck Barrow, Burn Moor and Whit Fell from the summit of Wool Knott
The Coniston Fells from the summit of Wool Knott
Beacon Tarn from the summit of Wool Knott

 

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