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Wasdale Screes

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Wasdale Screes is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria. It is among the largest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

Other SSSIs nearby include Greendale Mires and Miterdale Head Wood. The nearest railway station is Ravenglass, about 8.6 km to the south-west.

More places to visit near Wasdale Screes

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Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

Photo of Wast Water, a Lake near Nether Wasdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Wast Water

Lake near Nether Wasdale

England's deepest lake, backed by the Screes and the country's highest ground, once voted the nation's favourite view.

1.3 km N

Photo of Wasdale Head, a village in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Wasdale Head

Village

Cluster of farms at the head of Wast Water beneath Great Gable and Scafell, the birthplace of British rock climbing.

4.9 km NE · Cumbria

Photo of St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head, a church in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head

Church near Wasdale Head

One of England's smallest churches, a tiny stone chapel among yews at the head of Wast Water, remembering climbers lost on the fells.

4.9 km NE

Photo of Wasdale, a country estate near Nether Wasdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Wasdale

Country estate near Nether Wasdale

The wild Lakeland valley of Wast Water, England's deepest lake, ringed by its highest and most famous mountains

5.2 km NW

Photo of Hardknott Roman fort, a Roman fort near Boot in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Hardknott Roman fort

Roman fort · Roman road near Boot

Spectacular fort ruins commanding the Eskdale pass.

6.6 km SE