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Whin Rigg – Illgill Head loop from Irton with Santon

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Whin Rigg – Illgill Head loop from Irton with Santon

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175

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Whin Rigg – Illgill Head loop from Irton with Santon

06:49

20.6km

730m

Hiking

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

Last updated: May 18, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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25 m

Santon Bridge – Home of the World's Biggest Liar Competition

Highlight • Monument

1.62 km

View of Wasdale Fells from Irton Pike

Highlight • Forest

Irton Pike is one of Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland. The view to the Wasdale fells is probably the highlight from the summit (you can even see Wast Water …

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4.29 km

Irton Fell Summit Cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

5.52 km

Whin Rigg

Highlight • Natural Monument

Whin Rigg is a 1,755-foot (537m) fell in the South Western Lake District. It forms part of a stretch of high ground that hugs the south-eastern edge of Wast Water …

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7.47 km

View of Wast Water from Illgill Head

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view from the smaller ridge surrounding Wast water can be just as impressive.

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8.04 km

Illgill Head

Highlight • Viewpoint

Illgill Head is a Wainwright Fell that I've hiked 3 times. Once in beautiful sunshine, once in the dark and most recently in a glorious summer haze. It never disappoints. …

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10.8 km

Burnmoor Tarn

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views across Burnmoor Tarn to Great How and Scafell from the flanks of Illgill Head

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13.8 km

Bakerstead Ruins

Highlight • Settlement

Now only a collection of stone ruins, this was previously a rural community known as Bakerstead (or Beakerstead) which even had its own brewery.

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20.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.32 km

4.84 km

4.32 km

2.18 km

Surfaces

11.0 km

4.84 km

2.18 km

1.15 km

1.05 km

443 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 27 May

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Whin Rigg – Illgill Head loop from Irton with Santon

Santon Bridge – Home of the World's Biggest Liar Competition

View of Wasdale Fells from Irton Pike

Irton Fell Summit Cairn

Whin Rigg

View of Wast Water from Illgill Head

Illgill Head

Burnmoor Tarn

Bakerstead Ruins

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