Location of The Screes

54.438539, -3.321337

From the South

Leave the M6 motorway at junction 36 for Kendal/Lakes.
Follow signs to Barrow (A590).
Turn right to Workington (A5092)
Follow the coastal road (A595) through Bootle & Waberthwaite
Go past Ravenglass and after a couple of miles turn right towards Santon Bridge (just before the Esso garage on the left)
Make your way to Santon Bridge and at the end of the road turn left.
After 50 yards turn right (signed to Wasdale)
Go along this road for about five minutes and you will pass over a bridge.
Once over the bridge, immediately turn right and then right again (signed Wasdale Head).
Carry on along this road as it takes you to the lake and then alongside it.
At the T-Junction turn left and follow this road for half a mile
At the first buildings you arrive at turn left into the parking area across the road
The gateway for The Screes is just to the left of the stone fronted building and the cottage is the door on your right

From the North

Leave the M6 at Carlisle (junction 44) (or Junction 40 at Penrith if coming from the South) and follow the A595 (signed Barrow).
A few miles after you have gone through Calder Bridge and turn off right to Gosforth (it is well signed).
Turn left at the mini roundabout (where there is a triangle of pubs).
Keep on this road (following signs for Wasdale and then Wasdale Head) for just over five miles
You will pass a house called Low Greendale on your left, continue on to the next settlement of houses and turn right into the shared parking area
The gateway for The Screes is just to the left of the stone fronted building and the cottage is the door on your right