Eat and drink · Traditional
The Wasdale Head Inn
Wasdale Head, near Gosforth
Heritage
England's most dramatically located pub, ringed by the highest fells and steeped in climbing history.
Walks nearby
Mountain · 8.7 km · 969 m up
Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head
About 3 hours 30 minutes
The shortest way up England's highest mountain: from the head of Wastwater by Lingmell Gill and Brown Tongue to the summit of Scafell Pike.
Hard · 9.7 km · 822 m up
Great Gable from Honister via Moses' Trod
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A big-mountain day from a high start: out along the old smugglers' track of Moses' Trod to Beck Head, up Great Gable, and home over Green Gable, Brandreth and Grey Knotts.
Hard · 7.7 km · 529 m up
Haystacks from Gatesgarth
About 2 hours 30 minutes
A small fell with a big character: from Gatesgarth over Scarth Gap to the craggy top of Haystacks, past Innominate Tarn and down Warnscale.