Walla Crag
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| Walla Crag | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Walla Crag from Hause Gate on the opposite side of Derwent Water | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 379 m (1,243 ft) |
| Prominence | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Parent peak | Bleaberry Fell |
| Listing | Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°34′51″N 3°07′18″W / 54.5808°N 3.12166°W |
| Geography | |
  Walla Crag Location in Lake District, UK | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Central Fells |
| OS grid | NY276212 |
| Topo map | OS Explorer OL4 |
Walla Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, near Keswick. The fell is a short walk from Keswick and overlooks Derwentwater.
The crag is the terminal cliff on a short ridge running north west from Bleaberry Fell, dropping about 400 feet (120 metres) from the plateau above. Below this are further steep slopes before the gradient slackens on the shore of Derwentwater. The face is heavily wooded — mainly with conifers — almost to the top. The trees continue down through Great Wood to the lake. Walla Crag has one major breach, Lady's Rake.
The summit lies a little way back from the brink, the smooth heather-clad hinterland then dropping to the broad depression of Low Moss. Beyond here the ground rises again to Bleaberry Fell. The southern boundary of the fell is formed by Cat Gill, which flows west from Loss Moss to the lake. The gill separates Walla Crag from the neighbouring Falcon Crag, popular with rock climbers. Brockle Beck flows north from Low Moss, before turning west to enter Derwentwater at Strandshag Bay.
Geology
The crag itself exposes the plagioclase-phyric andesite lavas of the Birker Fell Formation. The summit area is overlain by drift deposits.[1]
Summit
The top is marked by a large cairn and overlooks the islands of northern Derwentwater and the Vale of Keswick. There is also a clear line of sight down Borrowdale to the high fells.[2][3]
