Wainwrights Baggers

Book 4 · The Southern Fells

Glaramara

A 783 m Wainwright in The Southern Fells, with one desk-checked ascent from Seathwaite, Borrowdale: 2.9 km and 660 m of climbing.

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Is Glaramara a Wainwright?

Yes. Glaramara is one of the 214 Wainwrights: number 10 of 30 in Book 4, The Southern Fells, of Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.

Climbing Glaramara from Seathwaite, Borrowdale

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The route in green, from the car park (P) to the summit (triangle), with the bus stop (B) where it falls on the map and nearby Wainwrights as dots. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

This is a short, steep line up Glaramara from the car park at Seathwaite. Parking is paid, there is room for about 60 cars, and the car park sits at about 125 m. The nearest bus stop with a current service is the Youth Hostel stop at Honister, 1.6 km away in a straight line, served by the 77A. The Esk Pike route shares the first 700 m or so.

The route is 2.9 km long and gains about 660 m. The opening 800 m climb only from about 125 m to 160 m, on a short lane, a track and then a bridleway. At about 0.73 km a path takes over, and it crosses Hind Gill at about 0.9 km.

The height comes quickly after that. Between 0.8 km and 1.6 km the path climbs from about 160 m to 495 m, and by 2.5 km it has reached about 720 m. The last 360 m or so are on a path OpenStreetMap grades mountain hiking, rising to the top at 783 m. The final few metres leave the mapped path for the summit point.

About 1.7 km of the line follows public footpaths and bridleways, and 2.3 km crosses open access land.

Glaramara is 783 m high, 45th of the 214 Wainwrights by height, and belongs to the Southern Fells in Book 4.

The GPX file covers the way up, from the car park to the summit. Return by the same line, or plan a different descent with a map before you start.

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Where Glaramara stands

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Glaramara among all 214 Wainwright summits, each in its true position.

Nearest Wainwrights

Straight-line distances between summits.

All the fells in The Southern FellsAll 214 Wainwrights

Map and route data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Heights along the route from OS Terrain 50. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (NaPTAN, Bus Open Data Service, Lake District National Park Authority rights of way).

Access land © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Heights, grid references and summit positions come from The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.3, used under CC BY 4.0.