Lake District: Low Level and Lake Walks

Map key

Overview map

Route summary table

Introduction

Geology

Wildlife and habitats

History

Weather

Where to stay

Getting around

Waymarking and access

Maps

Dogs

Clothing, equipment and safety

Using this guide

South Lakes: Windermere, Coniston, Duddon and the south

Walk 1 Tarn Hows and the Monk Coniston estate

Walk 2 Kelly Hall Tarn and Coniston Water

Walk 3 In search of Skeggles Water

Walk 4 Claife Heights, Windermere and Latterbarrow

Walk 5 Hampsfell

Walk 6 Seathwaite Tarn

Central Lakes: Ambleside, Langdale, Grasmere and Thirlmere

Walk 7 Elterwater, Little Langdale and the waterfalls

Walk 8 Great Langdale

Walk 9 Circuit of Loughrigg Fell

Walk 10 Orrest Head and Wansfell Pike

Walk 11 Grasmere and Rydal Water

Walk 12 Easedale Tarn and Tarn Crag

Walk 13 Great How and Thirlmere shore

Western Valleys: Eskdale, Wasdale and Buttermere area

Walk 14 Stanley Ghyll Force and River Esk

Walk 15 Upper Eskdale

Walk 16 Hardknott Fort and Harter Fell

Walk 17 Loweswater Corpse Road

Walk 18 Buttermere

Walk 19 Crummock Water and Rannerdale Knotts

North Lakes: Keswick, Borrowdale and Derwentwater

Walk 20 Walla Crag and Great Wood

Walk 21 Derwentwater circuit

Walk 22 A Borrowdale ramble

Walk 23 Castlerigg Stone Circle and High Rigg

Walk 24 Outerside and Barrow

Walk 25 Wythop’s Fells

Eastern Lakes: Ullswater and Patterdale

Walk 26 Grisedale and Lanty’s Tarn

Walk 27 Aira Force and Gowbarrow

Walk 28 Steel Knotts and Hallin Fell

Walk 29 Ullswater shore

Walk 30 Ullswater and The Cockpit

Appendix A Useful contacts

The map extracts used in this book are from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:50,000 Landranger series. They are meant as a guide only and walkers are advised to purchase the relevant map(s) – and know how to navigate using them. The whole area is covered by sheets 89, 90, 96 and 97. The OS 1:25,000 Explorer series provides greater detail, showing field boundaries as well as access land. To complete all the walks in this guide using Explorer maps, you’ll need sheets OL4, OL5, OL6 and OL7.
Harvey publishes an excellent series of Superwalker maps at the 1:25,000 scale. Its six Lakeland maps cover most of the Lake District National Park.
 

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