Place Fell, Ullswater [FE] INDY    May 20, 2025 Patterdale, Place Fell, Mortar Crag, High Dodd, Ullswater
Distance 12.92 km, Time 4.46 h, Total Ascent 771 m     Imperial | MetricWainwright Pictorial Guide: The Far Eastern Fells

Starting from Patterdale we ascend Place Fell via Boredale Hause. Across the moorland to High Dodd, then an easy Ullswater shoreline walk and swimming for Indy

Start point, map and route information at bottom of page

A trip to Patterdale to take in Place Fell and the lakeside walk along the SE shore of Ullswater.
We hadn't planned on High Dodd, but once at the sheepfold it is less than 5 minutes up a short slope.

A fairly straightforward ascent from Boredale Hause to Place Fell

Place Fell

As we make our way toward Mortar Crag, the view unfolds

Indy takes in the view from High Dodd

Indy realises that she is going to have a swim, in her excitement she races ahead.
She has to be patient because for most of this lakeside walk the lake is tantalisingly out of reach.

Walking through the woods

And the usual, of course

Start:
Car parking Patterdale, limited in roadside laybys [NY 39716 15827], otherwise Glenridding
Route:
Patterdale, Place Fell, Mortar Crag, High Dodd, Ullswater Distance 12.92 km, Time 4.46 h, Total Ascent 771 m
Route maps from Ordnance Survey are scaled 1:25000 unless mentioned otherwise.
Km, hike time and metres of ascent as supplied by OS. Planned route