Tour of the Lake District - A Walker's Guidebook

• Location
• Description
• Contents
• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Maps
• Updates
• Reviews
• Further Reading

Preface       
Overview map  

Part 1 – Introduction  
The Lake District landscape   
About the Tour   
When to go   
Accommodation   
Food and supplies   
Transport   
Money and costs   
What to take   
Navigation and outdoor safety   
Habitats and wildlife in the Lake District   
How to use this guide   
Glossary and abbreviations   

Part 2 – The Tour  
Stage 1    Windermere to Ambleside   
Stage 2    Ambleside to Elterwater   
Stage 3    Elterwater to Coniston   
Stage 4    Coniston to Eskdale   
Stage 5    Eskdale to Wasdale   
Stage 6    Wasdale to Black Sail   
Stage 7    Black Sail to Buttermere   
Stage 8    Buttermere to Keswick   
Stage 9    Keswick to Rosthwaite   
Stage 10    Rosthwaite to Grasmere
Stage 11    Grasmere to Patterdale 
Stage 12    Patterdale to Windermere 

Part 3 – High-level alternative routes 
1    Coniston to Eskdale via the Old Man and Hardknott 
2    Eskdale to Wasdale Head via Scafell Pike 
3    Wasdale Head to Black Sail or Buttermere via Great Gable 
4    Grasmere to Patterdale via Helvellyn 
5    Patterdale to Windermere via High Street 

Part 4 – Short walks 
1    Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top and Claife Heights from the Windermere ferry 
2    Stock Ghyll, Scandale and High Sweden Bridge from Ambleside 
3    Elterwater – A riverside walk between two pubs 
4    Lake Coniston and Brantwood 
5    Muncaster Fell and Ravenglass from the Eskdale railway 
6    Scale force and Crummock from Buttermere village 
7    The Borrowdale Yews from Rosthwaite 
8    Wordsworth’s Grasmere and Rydal via Loughrigg Terrace 
9    Howtown and Ullswater from Glenridding  

Appendices
Appendix 1    Useful contacts
Appendix 2    Tourist Information Centres 
Appendix 3    Transport information 
Appendix 4    Selected bibliography