Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere.
It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright’s The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.
On the summit is a panorama naming the key visible fells which include:
The Old Man of Coniston
Scafell Pike
Great Gable
Fairfield
Langdale Pikes
Orrest Head is typically climbed directly from the town of Windermere near the station. Access is made via a wide pathway which leads most of the way to the summit.
There are several ‘shorter’ but steeper shortcuts in a few places but the pathway is much easier if a bit longer. Subsequently the normal length of the walk is about 1 mile .
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