Dodd (Lake District)

The forest fell, and the best choice here for anyone nervous about navigation. Dodd rises from Dodd Wood beside Bassenthwaite Lake, and a waymarked trail climbs from the Forestry Commission's paid parking lot, between the restrooms and the café, through woodland and onto well-made tracks to a summit just over 500 meters high, marked by a stone trig point with a memorial plaque. The views at the top take in both Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwentwater. Allow 3 to 4 hours for the 5-mile walk; it is steep in places and the opening woodland section has uneven ground, so it is more work than its tree cover suggests.