Qualla: Honister Pass https://qualla.com/honister-pass en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/w/honister-pass-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Honister Pass https://qualla.com/honister-pass Honister Pass: Introduction https://qualla.com/honister-pass/ Photo credit Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0. On 5 December 2015, in twenty-four hours ending at six in the evening, 341.4 millimetres of rain fell on Honister Pass. That is more than thirteen inches. It is the United Kingdom's official 24-hour rainfall record, and it happened during Storm Desmond, which would go on to flood much of northern England. The number is hard to feel until you stand at the top of the pass on any ordinary wet day and watch the cloud sitting on Fleetwith Pike just metres above your head. Honister catches weather. It catches more weather than almost any other place in Britain. The road that crosses it is shaped by that fact, and so is everything else.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/w/honister-pass-wp/gctw-honister-pass-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Honister Pass: The Highest Crossing on the B5289 https://qualla.com/honister-pass/ Photo credit Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0. Honister Pass climbs to 1,167 feet on the B5289 - one of three road passes linking the Keswick and Borrowdale area to the lakes of Buttermere, Crummock Water, and Loweswater. The other two are Whinlatter Pass to the north and Newlands Pass between them. Honister is the southernmo...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/w/honister-pass-wp/gctw-honister-pass-the-highest-crossing-on-the-b5289.mp3 0:06 2 full Honister Pass: What Sits at the Top https://qualla.com/honister-pass/ Photo credit Dave.Dunford Dave.Dunford., Public domain. Most mountain passes empty out at their summit. Honister does not. At the top of the pass stand Honister Slate Mine - the last working slate mine in England - and the Honister Hause Youth Hostel, where coast-to-coast walkers and climbers stop for the night. The two buildings exis...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/w/honister-pass-wp/gctw-honister-pass-what-sits-at-the-top.mp3 0:06 3 full Honister Pass: The Record Storm https://qualla.com/honister-pass/ Photo credit Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0. Storm Desmond pushed Atlantic moisture against the Lake District fells for almost two days in early December 2015. The mechanism is well understood: warm, wet air rising rapidly over the western escarpment cools and dumps its water on the windward slopes. Honister Pass sits squar...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/w/honister-pass-wp/gctw-honister-pass-the-record-storm.mp3 0:06 4 full Honister Pass: Driving the Pass Today https://qualla.com/honister-pass/ Photo credit Antiquary, CC BY-SA 4.0. The B5289 is a public road, but it is not an easy one. The Borrowdale side rises steeply through tight bends past slate spoil and bracken. The Buttermere side drops just as steeply, with views down toward Gatesgarth and the lake opening below. In summer the road is busy with cycl...

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