Lord's seat, Barf and Whinlatter Forest

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Popular walk from Whinlatter Forest to two Wainwright's summit Lord's seat and Barf.
Dog friendly.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.41 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 336 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 340 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 543 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 322 m
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Description of the walk

Start: Whinlatter Forest Car park. (CA12 5TW) Grid ref. NY 207 244

(S/E) From the car park, walk towards the toilet to take Comb Beck Trail / Seat How Summit Trail (North). Continue straight on this trail. Then keep following Seat How Summit Trail (leaving Comb beck trail on the right). Stay on Seat How Summit Trail, passing Knotts, until seeing a path in front of you (After 2Km or so).

(1) Keep going straight (North-West) leaving Seat How Summit Trail on your right. Keep on this path (ignoring all the smaller paths on both sides) until reaching Lord's seat summit.

(2) At Lord's seat take right (North-East) on the path going down to Barf summit. Keep on this path until reaching Barf.

(3) At Barf, take right (South) on the path going towards Whinlatter Forest. Keep going down crossing Beckstones Gill and then take left on the larger path to enter Whinlatter Forest. Keep going down on this large path that will pass by Birch Crag.

(4) Keep going down (South-East) and at the Slog, take the Seat How Summit Trail (South-East). Keep going down until the path bend left.

(5) Turn right on the large path (South-West) (leaving the Seat How Summit Trail). Stay on this path that passes through the forest.

(6) At an intersection with another big path stay left (South) and keep walking straight until reaching another intersection with a large path. Take right to walk back towards the visitor center and the car park. (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 327 m - Whinlatter Forest Car park
  2. 1 : km 2.09 - alt. 491 m - Keep going straight (North-West)
  3. 2 : km 3.37 - alt. 543 m - Lord's seat summit
  4. 3 : km 4.54 - alt. 455 m - Barf summit
  5. 4 : km 5.63 - alt. 416 m - Keep going down
  6. 5 : km 6.15 - alt. 384 m - Turn right on the large path (South-West)
  7. 6 : km 7.39 - alt. 382 m - Stay left (South)
  8. S/E : km 8.41 - alt. 327 m - Whinlatter Forest Car park

Notes

Car Park: Whinlatter Forest Car park, CA12 5TW, Fees apply

Terrain: Forestry and rocky paths

Dog friendly: Yes

Note: Toilets, Coffee shop, restaurant and small craft shop at the car park

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