Hardnott Pass

* To get to Wast Water from the East, the most direct route is over Hardknott Pass. However, next time I visit Wast Water, I think I will go by the longer coastal route. It was a hard and somewhat scary drive. It’s fine if you can keep moving, but if you have to stop, it’s hard to get the car going forward. The rule of the road is that traffic gives way to cars climbing, but in reality, that does not happen. Still, you cannot say the pass does not give you excellent views.

 

Hardknott Pass is a hill pass between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. The tarmac-surfaced road, which is the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, shares the title of steepest road in England with Rosedale Chimney Bank in North Yorkshire. It has a maximum gradient of 1 in 3 (about 33%).

The pass is described as one of the most challenging roads in Britain.A series of hairpin bends make visibility difficult in various places, and the road surface is in poor condition and slippery when wet.

 

 

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