‘At Pooley Bridge … walkers can take the network of paths and bridleways onto Barton and Askham fells, at Moor Divock and onto the old Roman road, High Street, that runs all along, by High Raise (802m) and Kidsty Pike (780m). The ‘road’, now merely a pathway, eventually reaches the Windermere basin, linking the Roman fort at Brougham to the fort at Waterhead, Ambleside. It offers superb walking.’
John Wyatt, Cumbria: The Lake District and its County
THE ORDNANCE SURVEY pillar at the summit of High Street stands at 828m (2718ft) on what is still named on the map as Racecourse Hill.
