W9: Walking The High-Level Coast To Coast Route From Keld To Reeth

Leave Station car park at 8.45am. Rendezvous at Reeth Village Green outside the Burgoyne Hotel (GR: SE 039 993, What3Words: ///richest.purist.newsprint) at 9.15am for public transport to Keld and our start. 11 Miles. Hard. £7 (Excludes the bus transfer to Keld)

Our attempt to complete this stretch of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route in 2023 was thwarted by the weather, so we hope for perfect conditions this year. Our linear walk will take the high-level route from Keld to Reeth. We pass through areas scarred by the remains of the lead mining industry. We walk via the lovely Kisdon Force to Crackpot Hall before gaining height up the valley of Swinner Gill. We can see lots of evidence of the lead mining heritage of the area as we climb onto the tops and make our way east across Melbecks Moor, descending Hard Level Gill to Surrender Bridge. Our route then takes us above the intake walls on the flank of Calver before we descend into Reeth to complete our walk. sponsored by Purple Creative [https://www.purplecs.com/]