Ennerdale

Western Lakes & Coast · Valley

Ennerdale is the wildest western valley: a roadless head, rewilding forest (Wild Ennerdale), Pillar and Great Gable at the skyline, and Ennerdale Water without a public road along the far shore. It is...

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About Ennerdale

Ennerdale is the wildest western valley: a roadless head, rewilding forest (Wild Ennerdale), Pillar and Great Gable at the skyline, and Ennerdale Water without a public road along the far shore. It is walking and bothy country, not ice-cream country.

The Coast to Coast crosses the valley. If you want to see what the Lakes feel like when the car parks run out, start here.

Famous for

  • Wild Ennerdale rewilding
  • Coast to Coast
  • Pillar Rock
  • No through road at the head

Lakes & water nearby

Fells & mountains

  • Pillar
  • Great Gable
  • High Stile
  • Haycock
  • Caw Fell
  • Red Pike (Buttermere)

Walks from here

  • Ennerdale Water circuit 3–4 hrs

    A proper lake circuit with some rocky shore; quieter than Buttermere’s.

  • Up the valley to the famous YHA bothy, then high if weather allows.

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YHA Black Sail
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YHA Black Sail

YHA Black Sail is a hostel in Ennerdale, in the Lake District. It is part of the Youth Hostels Assoc...

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YHA Ennerdale
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YHA Ennerdale

YHA Ennerdale is a hostel in Ennerdale, in the Lake District. It is part of the Youth Hostels Associ...

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