The Cumbria Way and the Allerdale Ramble

A guidebook to two popular Lake District long distance walks: The Cumbria Way and the Allerdale Ramble. The 75 mile Cumbria Way runs from Carlisle to Ulverston, and the 50 mile Allerdale Ramble from Seathwaite north-west to Grune Point.

The 75-mile Cumbria Way and the 50-mile Allerdale Ramble are the two premier long-distance walks across the English Lake District. Keeping mainly to the valley bottoms, they are a superb introduction to Britain's most popular walking area and to the pleasures of long-distance walking itself.

This illustrated guide, the most comprehensive ever, tells you everything you need to know to make walking these two routes an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

• Large-scale maps
• Detailed instructions
• Where to stay
• Where to eat
• What to see
• Town maps
• Public transport
• Places of interest
• History

Most of the walking is easy, using well-established routes along the valley bottoms. If you're reasonably fit you should comfortably complete one of the walks during a week's holiday, and still have time for a day out to climb a mountain or explore a Lakeland town too.

Each route can be split up into short walks to be enjoyed at different times, but by far the best way is to tackle them as a continuous day-after-day series of delights. That way the body and mind become more attuned to the sights and sounds of the countryside and you will feel all the better for it.