Skiddaw House
Skiddaw House is one of Cumbria's most remote properties, with its own very special atmosphere.
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Skiddaw House Details
The property is 1,550ft above sea level and over three miles from the nearest road. Walkers in the area have known about, and often visited, Skiddaw House for many years. It was built around 1840 and has survived all that the weather has thrown at it and even attempts to have it dismantled. Now operating as a hostel, this bunkhouse stands on the Cumbrian Way long distance footpath. Skiddaw House features in numerous guidebooks and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, the Keswick clergyman who was one of the founders of the National Trust, spoke of walking up there in 1899 and being well received by the inhabitants of the shepherd's residence. The accommodation at Skiddaw House can be described as "basic". In an era when the youth hostels movement is upgrading much of its accommodation to near hotel standards to attract a wider trade, this is definitely a throwback to times when those who walked the fells didn't expect or demand much in the way of sophistication. For them, the spartan nature of the walking, heading out into the roughest, wildest and remotest parts of the Lake District was the essence. The house was originally built as a gamekeeper's residence on Lord Leconfield's shooting estate, later becoming a shepherd's house. From the late 19th century until 1953 there was almost always a resident shepherd and family living at Skiddaw House. Grid Reference: NY 28738 29075 Address (near): Cumbria Way, Keswick CA12 4SG, UK
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Skiddaw House
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1.2 mi away
Blencathra
Also known as Saddleback, this northern Lake District mountain actually has six peaks, the highest of which is the 2,848-foot (868-meter) Hallsfell Top.
1.7 mi away
Keswick Climbing Wall
A great walk from the nearby town of Keswick.
2.4 mi away
Blencathra
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly mountains in the English Lake District.
3.1 mi away
Skiddaw
Looming over the town of Keswick, Skiddaw mountain rises 3,054 feet and is prominent among the Northern Fells.
3.1 mi away
Threlkeld Village Hall Camping Barn
Just three miles from the center of Keswick.
