Walk Information

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Walk route: Knock - Great Dun Fell road - Dunfell Hush - Pennine Way - Great Dun Fell (848m / 2,782ft) - Silverband Mine - Great Dun Fell road - Knock

Distance: 7.75 miles

Ascent: 1,750ft

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Time: 2 hours 45 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Dry, hazy Summers evening

Comment:

I started walking from the end of the public road / start of the bridleway outside the hamlet of Knock at grid reference NY 685 287.

70% of the walk was on tarmac on the road to the radar station at the summit of Great Dun Fell.

The Nuttell's guide to 'The Mountains of England and Wales' (volume 2 - England) suggests that you can drive up the private road and park at NY 714 309, saving a 5.0 mile round trip and 1,250ft of ascent, the road signs suggested otherwise. 

Photos

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Road sign at the end of the public road / start of the private road and bridleway to Great Dun FellLeft to right: Murton Pike, Dufton Pike and Knock PikeCross FellGreat Dun FellGreat Dun Fell and Green Castle from the roadGreen Castle and Knock Ore GillDunfell HushThe view east from Great Dun FellThe radar station on the summit of Great Dun FellLooking north east to Round Hill from Great Dun FellGreat Dun Fell 'golfball'The view east from Great Dun Fell's summit with Cow Green Reservoir on the rightLittle Dun Fell with Cross Fell behind from Great Dun FellSilverband Mine, Great Dun FellLooking down on the Great Dun Fell roadBrownber Hill and Dufton Pike from the Great Dun Fell road

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