Binsey

Climbing Binsey from roadside parking east of Binsey

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This route climbs Binsey, the most northerly of the 214 Wainwrights, from a small free roadside parking area east of the fell, with room for about three cars. It sits at about 265 m. The nearest bus stop with a current service is Village Green in Uldale, about 2.3 km away in a straight line, served by the 553.

The line is 1.2 km long and gains about 180 m. After a few metres of lane it follows a track with a grass surface on the map for about 1 km, then a path for the last 100 m or so to the top. The climb is even throughout: about 310 m at 300 m in, 380 m at 700 m, and the summit at 447 m. No part of it is graded for difficulty on the map.

None of the line follows a public right of way in the LDNPA data, but almost all of it crosses open access land, where walkers have a right of access on foot. The route ends a few metres from the mapped path at the summit point.

Binsey is 447 m high, 192nd of the 214 Wainwrights by height, and belongs to the Northern Fells in Book 5. Its nearest Wainwright neighbours and their distances are listed below the route.

The GPX file is the same line, from the parking to the summit. The quickest return is the same way.

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