The B5289 is a road in the
Lake District, England. It lies in the county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ...
, and is an important traffic artery in the Lake District.
Route
The road starts in
Keswick and passes alongside
Derwent Water
Derwentwater, or Derwent Water, is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England. It lies wholly within the Borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria.
The lake occupies part of Borrow ...
. At the southern end of the lake it enters
Borrowdale
Borrowdale is a valley and civil parish in the English Lake District in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cumberland. It is sometimes referred to as ''Cumberland Borrowdale'' ...
, passing the settlements of
Grange,
Rosthwaite and
Seatoller
Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water. The nearest t ...
. This stretch of road is notable for its views of the surrounding fells, including
Catbells and
Glaramara.
At Seatoller, the road starts its climb up to
Honister Pass. This part of the route has many zig-zags, with gradients of 1 in 4 (25%) as it struggles up the 200 metres (600 feet) to the top. The top of the pass is an upland wilderness, with barren slopes and many
erratic boulders, that is often covered in snow in the winter.
Coming down the other side the road passes the settlement of
Gatesgarth
Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass.
For administrative purposes, Gatesgarth lies within the civil parish ...
and runs alongside the
lake of Buttermere before reaching the
village of Buttermere. It then runs alongside
Crummock Water and through the valley of the
River Cocker, passing the fells of
Robinson and
Grasmoor
Grasmoor is a mountain in the north-western part of the Lake District, northern England. It is the highest peak in a group of hills between the villages of Lorton, Braithwaite and Buttermere, and overlooks Crummock Water.
Grasmoor is disti ...
. It ends at the
B5292 in
High Lorton
Lorton, a parish in the district of Allerdale of the English county of Cumbria, consists of two adjacent villages: Low Lorton and High Lorton. Both nestle at the northern end of the Vale of Lorton, surrounded by fells such as Grasmoor, Hopegill ...
.
See also
*
B roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
References
Roads in Cumbria
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