The man fell at the same spot as Saturday's incident on Browncove Crags. Photo: Royal Navy

Rescuers described a walker as ‘very lucky’ after he survived a fall down a Lake District mountainside.

The man slipped and slid more than 230ft from Helvellyn, and landed in the same place a walker fell at the weekend.

Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out just after 1pm today after the incident at Browncove Crags on England’s third highest mountain.

A team spokesperson said: “Remarkably, this poor man slipped and slid over 70m down to the exact place that our previous casualty had ended up in four days earlier.”

An air ambulance flew to the site, but had to land about 600m away from the stricken walker.

The helicopter’s paramedic walked to the scene and arrived about the same time as the mountain rescue team.

The Keswick MRT spokesperson said: “The faller suffered general injuries consistent with having slid so far on a slope strewn with obstacles. He was very lucky.”

The rescue, involving 16 volunteer members of the Keswick team, lasted more than three hours.