Wasdale Head

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Wasdale Head is a remote hamlet in the Lake District’s Wasdale valley, known as a classic starting point for ascents of England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike.

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Wasdale Head canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hamlet
settlement
accessVia Wasdale road from Gosforth
country United Kingdom
distanceToScafellPikeSummit approximately 4 kilometres by main walking route
elevation approximately 80 metres above sea level
hasAmenity campsite
car park
church
public house
hasFeature Wasdale Head Inn
camping facilities
car park for walkers
church of St Olaf
hasViewOf Scafell
surface form: Scafell range

Wast Water screes
knownFor fell climbing
mountain walking
remote location
starting point for ascents of Scafell Pike
landscapeType upland valley head
locatedIn Borough of Copeland
Cumbria
England
Lake District
Wasdale
surface form: Wasdale valley

Cumberland (historic county)
surface form: historic county of Cumberland
near Great Gable
Kirk Fell
Scafell Pike
Wast Water
Yewbarrow
partOf Lake District
surface form: Lake District National Park
popularWith fell walkers
mountaineers
tourists
region North West England
tourismType climbing tourism
outdoor tourism
walking tourism
trailheadFor Mosedale Horseshoe
routes up Great Gable
routes up Scafell Pike
valleyOf River Irt

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scafell Pike popularRouteFrom Wasdale Head
Wast Water adjacentTo Wasdale Head
Wast Water hasNearbySettlement Wasdale Head
Southern Fells popularAccessPoint Wasdale Head
Wasdale hasNotableFeature Wasdale Head
Wasdale contains Wasdale Head
Wasdale locatedIn Wasdale Head
subject surface form: St Olaf's Church, Wasdale
Ill Crag commonAscentRouteFrom Wasdale Head
Great Gable hasNearbySettlement Wasdale Head