Bowscale & Mosedale

Start: The Mill Inn, Mungrisdale, nr Penrith, Cumbria (CA11 0XR)

The start of the walk is a one-mile drive or walk from The Mill Inn.
From the Mill Inn car park entrance, turn right and drive or walk behind the pub and cross the river; turn left through the village and past the church. Keep left at a junction and follow the lane along the foot of Raven Crags. Park on the right at the start of Bowscale village.

(S/E) From the parking area at Bowscale, follow the track leading off to the right from Moss Side Barn, along the edge of Bowscale Moss (A).

(1) After 300 yards, turn left over a step stile by a field gate. Follow the track ahead, along the field edge, and then continue along the field edge after the next gate. In the next field, bear left to meet the River Caldew, running between flood banks. Follow the riverside path through a further gate then follow it as it bears left to a handgate into a narrow lane by a bridge.

(2) Turn right and follow the lane through the farmyard of Low Mill Farm. Beyond the farm buildings, as the road bends right, you turn left over a stile into a field.

(3) Cross the field to a gate and footbridge in the far right-hand corner. Walk towards the white farmhouse of Crook-a-fleet, and cross to the other side of the wall at a stile after a sleeper bridge. Continue to the farm and go through a series of farm gates and past the farmhouse. Turn right in the farmyard and follow the fenced entrance drive out to the public road.

(4) Turn left along the lane for 300 yards, then after a dip turn left into a byway marked “Unsuitable for motor vehicles”, shortly before a road junction. Descend to the river and cross a footbridge by a ford; continue along the track beyond.

(5) The track crosses the rushy mire of Mosedale Moss; technically the right-of-way then runs through a series of fields on the left, but the de facto route is to continue along the track as far as Mosedale village.

(6) When you reach the road turn left through the hamlet, ignoring a turning on the left. Pass the Friends’ Meeting House and continue along the road to Mosedale Bridge. Continue for a further 500 yards back to Bowscale. Walk or drive back to The Mill Inn.(S/E)

Start: The Mill Inn, Mungrisdale, nr Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0XR
Email themillin@yahoo.co.uk
Web www.robinsonsbrewery.com/themillinn
Tel 01768 779632

Notes: Bowscale is a one-mile drive or walk from the Mill Inn. Field paths may be muddy in places; there are several stiles, though most are next to unlocked gates.

Find more information on Walks From the Door.

(A) Bowscale Moss is part of the Mungrisdale Mires SSSI, mainly designated for their bog flora.