Location of The Screes
54.438539, -3.321337
Directions
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
- The postcode for The Screes is CA20 1EU.