The long ridge of Skiddaw and Blencathra rising over farmland with snow on the tops

Latrigg, Keswick’s own fell

Three miles from the Market Square and back, the whole town laid out below you — and the one summit view on this site you can reach without walking up.

The one to do first

Latrigg is Keswick’s own fell, and one for the must-do list. The views from the summit over the town, Derwentwater and the surrounding fells are breathtaking, and they really help you orientate yourself — which is why it is worth doing on your first day rather than your last.

An easy up-and-down route by Spooney Green Lane from Keswick, with a circular route round the summit. Three miles, two to two and a half hours from the Moot Hall.

Keswick and the head of Derwentwater seen from the wooded edge of Walla Crag

Without walking up

If you cannot make it all the way up from Keswick, there is a small car park at Gale Road above Applethwaite with a Limited Mobility Path to the viewpoint.

It is the only summit view on this site reachable that way, which makes Latrigg the fell to send anybody to who cannot manage the others.

A leaf-strewn track between fences leading up to the autumn woods on Castlehead

The longer way round

A circular route of about six and a half miles goes out along the old railway path from the war memorial — through the tunnel, past Low Briery — then up through Brundholme Woods to the summit and back down into Keswick. Two and a half to three hours.

The direct route up Spooney Green Lane leaves the Market Square between the Royal Oak and Greggs, crosses the Greta into Fitz Park, and climbs over the A66 on the bridleway signposted Skiddaw.