Orrest Head is a hill in the English

Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's '' The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'', and the first fell he climbed. He describes it as ''"our first ascent in Lakeland, our first sight of mountains in tumultuous array across glittering waters, our awakening to beauty"'' and also as ''"a fitting finale, too, to a life made happy by fellwandering"''. On the summit is a panorama naming the key visible fells which include the Old Man of Coniston, Scafell Pike,

Great Gable Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions. It is one of the most popular of the Lakeland fells, and there are ...

, Fairfield and the Langdale Pikes. Orrest Head is typically climbed directly from the town of Windermere near the station. Access is made via a reinstated Victorian carriageway which leads towards the summit. The route has been adopted by the

Lake District National Park Authority The Lake District National Park is a national park in North West England that includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was ...

as its 50th "Miles Without Stiles" route which makes it suitable for those with pushchairs and motorised off-road mobility scooters. There are several shorter but steeper shortcuts in a few places but the pathway is much easier if a bit longer.

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