Keswick: Castlerigg, Derwentwater and Friars' Crag
North West, England
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Keswick: Castlerigg, Derwentwater and Friars' Crag
250 XP
Castlerigg stands on a plateau in a natural amphitheatre of fells, a flattened Neolithic circle of glacial boulders from the Borrowdale Volcanic Group, 32.6m across at its widest, with Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Grasmoor and Blencathra in view from inside it; it is the most visited stone circle in Cumbria. A mile and a half away, Keswick sits at the north end of Derwentwater, where launches work round the lake and Friars' Crag looks down it.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk into the Castlerigg circle and pick out Skiddaw and Blencathra
2
of 4
Take a launch round Derwentwater from Keswick
3
of 4
Walk out to Friars' Crag for the view down the lake
4
of 4
Walk the lakeshore path from Keswick into Borrowdale
Walk into the Castlerigg circle and pick out Skiddaw and Blencathra
Take a launch round Derwentwater from Keswick
Walk out to Friars' Crag for the view down the lake
Walk the lakeshore path from Keswick into Borrowdale
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