Walks in the Lake District
Walk to Black Crag (at 1000ft a Wainwright) with great views. Two pubs for lunch and back to Coniston. From Coniston walk to Tarn Hows and then to Black Crag. Descent can be steep in parts, on good paths final part of the walk is 1.5 miles on very quiet roads. Choose your pub the gourmet Drunken Duck (check opening times) with a mile to go or the Outgate Inn at the bus stop (standard menu). Bus back to Coniston route 505. As at 2026 10 minutes past the hour. Check! back to Coniston with a break in Hawkeshead if wanted
Starts at Black Bull, ends at Outgate Inn.
Added by Janet 1 week ago
Toilet for customers | More toilets nearby
2. Monk Coniston signpost for path
Go through gate up though the field to the Kitchen Garden Gazebo has interesting history as does the potting shed. right out of Kitchen garden
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3. Woods path to Tarn Hows
Follow the clear path from the kitchen garden, across the road and up the hill. Straight on, ignore a turning left to Tarn Hows Car Park unless you want loos or coffee
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5. Take path down to the Tarn shore
Don't follow the track going to Rose castle
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6. Over stile on R
Leave the main path round Tarn Hows. Over the stile. Path can be boggy, find your own best way across the small stream. Follow path on the level slightly right
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7. left at track immediately right
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8. Fork left, not path to Sunny Brow
Path goes uphill through the wooded area
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9. Through Gate and immediately hairpin R on well walked path (not on OS). look for small waymark signs which you follow to Black Crag
photo shows view looking back
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10. Top of Black Crag
from the top go past the secondary large cairn and take path downhill to gate and stile
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11. Pulsar Plantation track continues down hill
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13. Road, turn right
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14. Drunken Duck straight on signpost (? Outgate)
Sandwiches are large (share?)
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16. Outgate Inn
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Continue from Outgate Inn
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