Ting Mound, Castle Howe, Greenburn Mines Circular

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Turn right onto Side Gates Road, and after approximately 12-minutes on foot, turn right onto a lane marked 'unsuitable for motor vehicles' [blue sign]. Follow this past Dale End farm where it turns into a gravel track, then onto a path leading up to a gate to the left, go through the gate and continue following the path beyond as it makes its way up the fellside.

At a wall and gate as the path zig-zags uphill, take a path next to the wall on the left. This path continues alongside the wall below scree slopes with pleasant views into Little Langdale and across Little Langdale Tarn. Keep on the path until it eventually emerges onto the road. Go downhill and turn right to follow the road towards Fell Foot farm. 

A stunning part of the valley with Lingmoor Fell ahead of you.

The bridge, dating back to the 17th century, is in two parts that take advantage of a central large rock and a very long slate slab to cross the River Brathay on its way from Little Langdale Tarn to Elterwater. It is thought that the bridge was originally built by the quarrymen of Little Langdale to provide shorter access from their homes to the slate quarries on the other side of the river, one of which is the impressive Cathedral Quarry.

Slate quarrying was discontinued in the 1950s but the bridge became a Grade II listed building in 1967.

Cathedral Quarry is 400 metres on from Slater's Bridge. After having crossed the bridge, walk on the track with the slag heaps on your right towards the trees, until it is possible to take a path on the right up to Cathedral Quarry. 

The Quarry is a disused Slate Quarry dating back to the 16th century, and one of the many various quarries in the area. The quarry reached its prime during 19th century when Slate was extracted for housing.

A super video of a visit to Cathedral Quarry and Hodge Close by Black Crag.

The Quarry was once owned by Beatrix Potter before she gifted it to the National Trust who continued to quarry under lease until the 1950s.

The main chamber reaching forty feet in height, is aptly nicknamed, today ‘The Cathedral’.  It is easy to spend an hour or so exploring the various tunnels, and marvelling at its scale.

Extend this walk by visiting Hodge Close Quarry, hailed one of Britain's scariest caves, which is approximately 25 minutes walk away from Cathedral Quarry.

From Cathedral Quarry, head back down to the main track and walk back in the direction of Slater's Bridge. Pass beneath the wall of slag and stay on the gravel track, passing through a collection of buildings. Make your way along the track uphill onto a hillside overlooking Little Langdale tarn. Keep going until you meet another track heading up the hillside (signposted to Tilberthwaite). Follow this track up quite a steep uphill to where it levels off.

You will see mounds of slate slag high up on your right, which symbolise the location of Runestone quarry. The track continues over small even land with stunning views back toward Blea Tarn and the Langdale Pikes before dropping downhill to a farm. Pass through the gate onto a tarmac road, which you can follow all the way down to a bridge over the river. From the car park at the bridge a path leads up into Tilberthwaite Quarry.

Return to the carpark area at Tilberthwaite. With parking behind you, follow the bank of the beck to your right, to a gate through a wall into woods. Follow a narrow, rough and slippery path through the woods that then drops down to a more substantial gravel track. Follow the track until it emerges onto a road. Take a left onto the road and follow it uphill - passing through woods then passing cottages, until you come to Hodge Close & Quarry, which is named as one of Britain's most scariest Caves, that was featured in 'The Witcher' Film.

The abandoned quarry, which is 70 metres deep from the surface and has a 20 metre deep lake, is riddled with underwater tunnels. The quarry was an open pit from the 19th century to the early 1960s which has now flooded over time.

Today, the spot is popular with divers and abseilers who are keen to climb the rock face, though access to the water involves wading through a 120 metre flooded tunnel and down a scaffolding ladder.

Take the homeward gravel track back to Wetherlam View; that first leads through a small collection of buildings, then woodland. The track passes through a number of gates and then comes to a collection of buildings and a farm at Stang End. From Stang End, Little Langdale is signposted. Drop down a lane between two dry stone walls, over a footbridge, then up through a field by a white house to the main road before heading left down Side Gates Road to Wetherlam View.

Breathtaking views of the Langdale Pikes just 5 miles drive from Wetherlam View. Park at Tilberwaithe Car Park, Old Furness Rd, Coniston LA21 8HU; moments later immerse in Tilberthwaite Quarry, caves, then from here, enjoy stunning paths, waterfalls, a plane wreckage, a miniature Matterhorn and outstanding views throughout.