Guide to walking in south Lakeland - English Lake District, UK
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Short Walks in Lakeland Book 1: South Lakeland
by Aileen Evans, Brian Evans
A guidebook of short walks in the south of the English Lake District, UK, the first of this three-part series covering the whole of Lakeland. Routes cover Rydal, Grasmere, Langdale, Little Langdale, Coniston, Torver and the south, Grizedale, Satterthwaite, the Rusland Valley, Winster Valley, Troutbeck, Kentmere, Longsleddale and across to Tebay. More...
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Seasons
All year round.Centres
Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Coniston, Broughton-in-Furness, Newby Bridge.Difficulty
Fairly straightforward half- and full-day routes, mainly exploring valleys and less-known hills, Read More... but with a few peaks thrown in.Must See
Crinkle Crags, Tilberthwaite, Kentmere and Longsleddale, Whitbarrow overlooking Morecambe Bay.Introduction
Walk 1: Helm Crag and Greenburn
Walk 2: Easdale tarn, Codale Tarn and Tarn Crag
Walk 3: Silver How
Walk 4: Alcock Tarn and Grasmere
Walk 5: Around Rydal Water
Walk 6: Loughrigg
Walk 7: Elterwater, Little Langdale and Great Langdale
Walk 8: Langdale - Blea Rigg and Stickle Tarn
Walk 9: The Langdale Pikes
Walk 10: Little Langdale, Lingmoor Fell and Blea Tarn
Walk 11: Crinkle Crags and Cold Pike from Wrynose Pass
Walk 12: Greenburn Copper Mines, Rough Crags and Wrynose Pass
Walk 13: Tilberthwaite Round
Walk 14: Holme Fell, Hodge Close and The Cathedral
Walk 15: Old Tracks on the Yewdale Fells
Walk 16: Coniston Coppermines Valley, Levers Water and The Goose Bield
Walk 17: Coniston Old Man and Goat’s Water
Walk 18: Tarn Hows from Coniston
Walk 19: Tarn Hows, Black Crag and Holme Fell
Walk 20: Walna Scar and Brown Pike from Torver
Walk 21: The Lickle Valley and the White Maiden
Walk 22: Stickle Pike and Caw
CHAPTER 2: AROUND CONISTON WATER AND WINDRMERE
Walk 23:
The Woodland Valley from Broughton-in-Furness
Walk 24:
Blawith Knott, Tottlebank Height and Great Burney
Walk 25:
The Furness Fells Horseshoe - Pool Scar, Yew Bank and The Beacon
Walk 26:
Beacon Tarn and The Beacon from Blawith Common
Walk 27:
Torver Back Common, Coniston Water West Shore and Coniston Hall
Walk 28:
Coniston East - Top o' Selside and Bethecar Moor
Walk 29:
Coniston East - Parkamoor to Brantwood (Gondola Walk)
Walk 30:
The Grizedale Forest
Walk 30A:
Carron Crag
Walk 30B:
Sculpture Walk from Bogle Crag
Walk 31:
Around the Dale Park Valley
Walk 32:
Latterbarrow, Blelham Tarn and Windermere Shore
Walk 33:
Claife Heights
Walk 34:
Windermere - Lakeside to Bowness (return by steamer)
Walk 35:
Finsthwaite Tower and High Darn
Walk 36:
Leven and Rusland
Walk 37:
Bigland Barrow and the Tarns Beyond
Walk 38:
Raven’s Barrow and the Five Tarns
Walk 39:
Gummer’s How
Walk 40:
The Winster Valley and Rosthwaite Heights
Walk 41:
Lord’s Lot
CHAPTER 3: THE EASTERN FELLS AND DALES
Walk 42:
Troutbeck Valley - A Walk Round Troutbeck Tongue
Walk 43:
Kentmere and Hollow Moor
Walk 44:
Upper Kentmere and The Ullstone
Walk 45:
Upper Longsleddale (Wren Gill Quarries) and Kentmere Pike
Walk 46:
Longsleddale, Skeggles Water and Brunt Knott
Walk 47:
The Drove Road Section 1: Longsleddale to Kentmere
Walk 48:
The Drove Road Section 2: Kentmere to Troutbeck
Walk 49:
The Drove Road Section 3: Troutbeck to Ambleside (Wansfell)
Walk 50:
The River Kent and Tarns of Potter Fell
Walk 51:
Low Borrowdale and The Lune
CHAPTER 4: THE LIMESTONE FRINGE
Walk 52:
Cunswick Scar and Scout Scar
Walk 53:
Brigsteer Woods and Scout Scar
Walk 54:
Whitbarrow North - the Circuit of Township Allotment
Walk 55:
Whitbarrow East and the Lord’s Seat
Walk 56:
Whitbarrow West (Lord’s Seat) and Witherslack
Walk 57:
Yewbarrow and Beck Head
Walk 58:
Hampsfell
Walk 59:
Humphrey Head
Walk 60:
Cartmel and the Ellerside Ridge
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