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Name:Water Crag
Hill number:2741
Height:668m / 2192ft
Parent (Ma):2740  Rogan's Seat
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells
County/UA:North Yorkshire
Catchment:Ouse (York)
Class:Nuttall, Subsimm, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge
(N,sSim,BL,Bg)
Grid ref:NY 92854 04619
Summit feature:trig point
Drop:26m
Col:642m  NY921037  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 91 92
(1:25k) OL30N
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 318 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
No sign of any RoW under the snow - mainly cross-country through the heather but the odd bit of track. Should have taken the snowshoes!nicolajane03/03/2024
Second Nuttall of 2024 with Dave, Jim and Rick. Great scenery on this walk today, and some interesting buildings to look at.simocity14/01/2024
Water Crag and Rogans Seat from track along william gill.robertphillips24/11/2023
From Keld: Rogan's Seat and Water Crag. Easy walk past Crackpot Hall on broad grouse tracks. Path to Water Crag by the fence was faint and very boggy. Extremely poor visibility, freezing fog throughout the day. Returned the same way due to the poor conditions.Lazylizzie28/10/2023
Solo from Tan Hill after I missed it out last time. Tough going over grouse moor. Back to Tan Hill to camp.dchill0112/07/2023
Tan Hill Inn - Rogans Seat - Water Crag - Tan Hill InnAJWSmith01/07/2023
Parked to N. Followed track along Williams Gill, then down left on track. Boggy ATV goes up past shooting butts, then strips of mown heather to summit trig and shelter. Only a small amount of rough heather to negotiate. 4km one way.PGCE24/01/2023
With Rogan's Seat.LANGDALE27/09/2022
After Rogan's seat then back down same route to Keld absoloutly bone dry.colinfielding08/07/2022
Tan Hill Inn to the water splash featured on All Creatures Great and Small at NY 992 008 during day 21 of our Yorkshire Dales Circular Walk, visiting Water Crag, Rogan's Seat and Great Pinseat. 20km with 570m of ascent in 6 hours, with Geoff and Steve.silverwolf_alan19/05/2022
+ CliffSimonK02/05/2022
After Tan Hillconanharrod07/04/2022
From Tan Hill Inn. Bridleway peters out after 0.5km so made a beeline through heather and sponge. Followed the fence for a bit on the way back but not much better and plenty of peat hags. It might be worth using the track further east but is more ascent and still a heather hack higher up. Had a pint at the Tan Hill Inn a) because it's the Tan Hill Inn and b) to celebrate my all-lists Yorkshire Dales NP compleation. Was an underwhelming experience; plastic cups only outside for 'safety' reasons so drank in the fly-infested bar with loud and inappropriate music playing. The beer was nowt special either. Not a great end to a couple of pleasant days.Wycombe Wanderer25/08/2021
With NB from Tan Hill, P. Way to boundary fence and wet walking to crag summit of trig and good shelter, Returned via rough heather and indistinct occasional path to bridal way and track to pub.Frank06/07/2021
From Scabba Wath campsite, Low Row Pasture, Blakethwaite Lead mines, crossing Blakethwaite dam, Rogen's Seat, Water Crag trig, return via Blakethwaite mines and Mill Gill. Overcast, windy. With Gilianrichard6923/05/2021
From Rogans Seat, rough descent to Blakethwaite Gill following Nuttall's routeGary Heath17/04/2021
From Keld after Rogan's Seat. Back same wayLongwojo09/08/2020
17.6 miles 2163ft walk, start at Usha Gap campsite follow river Swale to Swinner Gill, up to Rogan's Seat and on to Water Crag return by Gunnerside Beck, Muker back to Usher Gap campsite.stephenbuda03/08/2020
From Rogans Seat via fenceline (fine). Descended N to bridleway (v thin and sketchy) - followed that to Tan Hill Pretty wet!Jim T18/07/2020
With Sue from Tan Hill, indistinct and occasional path with rough heather and wet walking. Returned via boundary fence to P. Way.Frank10/07/2020
from Tan Hill Inn - hard going, maybe I missed the path! With Rogan Seatjef26/05/2020
From 936073 via William Gill.Good track but the stream was in spate and I had to paddle through 4 inches of water where the path fords the stream.Then about a km of rough heathery pathless ground to get to the summit. My final English Nuttall, but not a compleation,as I won't be doing Pillar Rock.andy6302/10/2019
Up to Rogans Seat from Gunnerside, across to the nearby trig point and then around to Pinhope Seat.Eggletina08/08/2019
Drove the track to NY 9203 0581, deteriorates over last 500m, 4x4 mainly needed for ground clearance. Good walking track from there to grouse butts whence rough heather/grass moorland.jonglew26/07/2019
Outstanding route from Muker through the meadows, along Swaledale and up Swinner Gill before heading along shooting tracks to close to the summit then across to Water Crag a la Nuttalls but went back down the same way. Just over 4 hours round trip.clivevilla11/09/2018
Hardraw - Thwaite - Kisdon - Keld bridge - Rogan's Seat - Water Crag - Tan Hill.Mark Jackson01/08/2018
soloAimless Rambler16/06/2018
From Keld via Rogan's Seat. Good path along fence between them. Dry conditions underfoot.Winterfloodian11/06/2018
Same as Gerry B. (except went S when he went N!!) On me own.CJM15/05/2018
Pretty much as per Nuttall's 11.3, though messed up by crossing Gunnerside Gill too early which added unnecessary effort onto an already long day.milimana18/04/2018
Keld - Pennine Way to Catrake Force - West Wood - Crackpot Hall (Ruin) - Swinner Gill Lead Mines (Ruins)- rose onto moor along East Grain (recently repaired path thanks) - then Coast to Coast path - taking the buff coloured track just past the C to C double headed sign heading for summit past the High Man Stone - Rogan Seat summit- then overshot to follow fence (Snowy drifts /low cloud) to bag trig on Water Crag. Retraced our snowy footprints back to the track and returned whence we came.briandavies18/02/2018
Cycled from Surrender Bridge to end of track at Blakethwaite then heather plod to summit.chalky195326/09/2017
From MukerSlash314/07/2017
Water Crag and Rogan's Seat from Tan Hill Inn.lenman01/05/2017
Rogan's Seat and Water Crag. More or less followed route 11.3 from the Nuttall's book with the exception of going up to Crackpot hall (which still has a pan on the cooker even though it was abandoned in 1953) and also, on the way down I didn't notice the instructions to keep below Lord Peel's shooting cabin but I found another path that took me down to Blakethwaite Lead Mines and crossed the river there. Grouse shooting was going on at Swinner Gill and there were dead grouse on the track, one of which was not as dead as the others which I didn't like. Had lunch in the shooting hut at GR NY 922024 (thanks for leaving it unlocked, Lord Peel's cabin was locked). Had just become dark when I eventually got back to Muker.tsharp10/01/2017
As per water cragdianepick29/12/2016
Nuttall Walk EN 11.3 Rogans Seat from Muker, visiting Rogans Seat, Water Crag and Kisdon. 28km with 1000m ascent in 7h 30m. (S)silveracorn_alan31/07/2016
Dalesrail walk extension from Rogan's Seat. Back across the heather to Gunnerside Gill.JOHNS29/05/2016
From KeldAlan Caine14/05/2016
A BIT MISTY ON THE TOPS AND COLD WIND BUT STAYED DRY. FOLLOWED C2C FROM KELD USING NUTTALLS WALK 11.3 FOR THE SUMMITS OF ROGAN SEAT AND WATER CRAG. VERY EASY WALK, RETURNING THE SAME WAY. DIDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO THE FULL NUTTALLS 11.3 FROM MUKER!BURGESS13/05/2016
From Muker following the Nuttall's route.rhalstead01/05/2016
From Rogan's Seat. Very cold and windy. Then on over rough terrain to Tan Hill for a very welcome sit down and pint before returning to Keld via Pennine Way and then road.ruthatlast20/02/2016
Good views on a clear day. Use the track up then cut across to the cairn, heather heavy going otherwise.Tom D10/02/2016
From the Tan Hill Inn, overcast conditions.JohnStoneham02/08/2015
Parked at Gunnerside, followed lanes up to Rogans Seat Summit, followed fence over rough terrain to Water Crag then followed tracks and paths across to Great Pinseat back down to Gunnerside via lanes across the moors, raining for most of the walk eventhough clouds were well above summits, 13.5 miles.DanTrig02/05/2015
Micronav practiceThomWareing24/12/2014
From Rogan's Seattomd431/07/2014
Walked on my own from Keld.Overcast but stayed dry. See comments for Rogan's seat. Great to revisit some of the Coast to Coast. Happy memories.flockwatcher03/07/2014
Water Crag - Water Crag SW top - Rogan's Seatronaldo33324/06/2014
From Whaw in Arkengarthdale. Whaw Bents, Great Punchard Gill, West Moor, heather bashing to top, down via William Gill, along road to Roe Beck Bridge, across to Ravens Park and up Cleasby Hill, track/bridleway back to Whaw. Dry and bright/sunny, but a cool wind.PaulH16/04/2014