Loweswater: Askill Knott to Low Fell – Field Trip booking opened

WHEN

Wednesday, 29 April, 2026 starts at All Day

WHERE

Loweswater Shore
NY 12771 21803
Loweswater

DETAILS

Leader: Phil Davies, CGS

Meet at 10am  NW of ‘Pinfold’: NY 1277 2180. The track heads NW from the rendezvous point: green dots on this map. Limited side-of-road parking at various places along Loweswater shore.

Wonderfully exposed structures in Ordovician age Skiddaw Group strata (Loweswater Formation) north of Loweswater: complex slump folding at Askill Knott; thrusts and folds on the lower slope of Darling Fell; dramatic fold and shear structures in the closure of the major Loweswater anticline viewed from below Low Fell. See The Cumberland Geologist No 4 (thrusts, Darling Fell); and No 5 (Askill Knott and drone photography).

Please read the Excursion Information (including Risk Assessment) before booking.

CGS Excursion Information and Risk Assessment 29 Apr 2026 Loweswater

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