Orrest Head

Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere.

[1] 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".

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.

[2] There are several shorter but steeper shortcuts in a few places but the pathway is much easier if a bit longer.