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Swirl How – Grey Friar loop from Wrynose Pass

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Swirl How – Grey Friar loop from Wrynose Pass

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Swirl How – Grey Friar loop from Wrynose Pass

03:00

8.14km

490m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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65 m

Wrynose Pass

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Wrynose Pass connects Little Langdale with the Duddon and provides hillwalkers with a high start point for the surrounding Wainwrights. To the south, the Coniston Group can be easily …

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2.35 km

Great Carrs Summit & Halifax Bomber Memorial

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Great Carrs is a 2,585-foot (785 m) Wainwright fell in the Lake District. It sits on the northern end of the Coniston range and is commonly hiked from the Wrynose …

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2.96 km

Swirl How

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My favourite approach of Swirl How is from Wetherlam, a great route with a few fun scramble sections to enjoy in dry weather. Linking up the 2,633-foot (802 m) Swirl …

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3.52 km

Handley Page Halifax LL505 Crash Site Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

There are a few pieces of undercarriage wreckage near here of the Halifax bomber that crashed here on 22nd October 1944 killing all 8 crew of 7 Canadians and 1 …

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4.67 km

Grey Friar

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Grey Friar is a Wainwright in the southern Lake District. It offers wonderful views of surrounding fells — Dow Crag and Harter Fell look particularly impressive from this vantage point. …

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8.14 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.04 km

3.30 km

731 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.83 km

2.28 km

1.31 km

657 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 17 June

17°C

12°C

85 %

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Swirl How – Grey Friar loop from Wrynose Pass

Wrynose Pass

Great Carrs Summit & Halifax Bomber Memorial

Swirl How

Handley Page Halifax LL505 Crash Site Memorial

Grey Friar

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