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Walking Routes in the Lake District, Cumbria

So you've got a spare day and feel like conquering a mountain? Great! If you prefer to go it alone and walk to your own schedule rather than joining a guided walk, search our walking routes below and choose based on your preferred duration and level of effort.

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    Great Gable from Borrowdale

    Address

    Borrowdale, Cumbria, CA12 5UY

    Cumbria

    Considering its unsighted most of the way, the approach to Great Gable from Borrowdale is one of the best routes up the mountain. To get to it you have to deal with the intervening corries and hills and this is what makes it special. They provide…

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  2. Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Forest
    Family trails at Whinlatter Forest
    Use of Tramper all-terrain vehicles at Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Forest
    Family trails at Whinlatter Forest
    Use of Tramper all-terrain vehicles at Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Forest
    Whinlatter Walking Trails

    Address

    Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre, Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW

    Telephone

    017687 78469

    whinlatter@forestryengland.uk

    Braithwaite, Keswick

    Whinlatter is the place to enjoy peaceful forest walks surrounded by stunning Lake District scenery, with miles of gravel roads, paths and tracks to explore. Create your own adventure or follow one of our waymarked routes, with a wide range of…

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  3. Channelside Walk - The Dock Museum
    Channelside Walk - The Dock Museum
    Channelside Walk

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    The Channelside walk takes you from The Dock Museum along Channelside and over the reclaimed Slagbank’s. The walk is on paths and will take from 75 minutes (brisk) to 115 minutes (stroll and look round).

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  4. Haweswater
    Haweswater
    Kirkby Stephen
    Dove Cottage, Wordsworth Grasmere
    The Cumbrian Coast
    Shap Abbey
    Haweswater
    Kirkby Stephen
    Dove Cottage, Wordsworth Grasmere
    The Cumbrian Coast
    Shap Abbey
    Coast to Coast Walk

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    A beautiful route of 197 miles, linking three National Parks over high level traverse. Stretching from St Bees on the west coast, to Robin Hood’s Bay in the east, the Coast to Coast route was originally devised by Alfred Wainwright, who said “Surely…

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  5. Cumbrian Cistercian Way - Landranger Map 96
    Cumbrian Cistercian Way - Landranger Map 96
    Cumbrian Cistercian Way

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    -

    Between the high fells of the Lake District and the sands of Morecambe Bay lies the unspoilt landscape of Furness. This walk guides you along
    ancient paths and byways through a landscape shaped by monks and merchantmen, by fishermen and shipbuilders…

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  6. Visitor on a Walking Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitor on a Walking Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Scenery on a Walking Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitor on a Running Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitor on a Running Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
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    Visitor on a Walking Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Scenery on a Walking Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitor on a Running Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitor on a Running Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse in the Lake District, Cumbria
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    Coast to Coast Running Holiday with Coast to Coast Packhorse

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    The Coast to Coast Packhorse Ltd, 25, Cumberland house, 20 St Lukes Rd, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4HT

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 17683 71777

    enquiries@c2cpackhorse.co.uk

    20 St Lukes Rd, Kirkby Stephen

    Expertly Crafted Running Holidays – As specialists in the Alfred Wainwright Coast to Coast, we use our expertise to create seamless running itineraries.

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  7. Scafell Pike and Scafell via Brown Tongue
    Scafell Pike and Scafell via Brown Tongue
    Scafell Pike and Scafell via Brown Tongue

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    Wasdale, Cumbria

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Cumbria

    The mountains around Wasdale Head are arguably one of the finest mountain landscapes in Britain and grandest of all of these fine mountains are the twin peaks of Scafell and Scafell Pike.

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  8. Walking in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Walking in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail

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    -

    Telephone

    01434 322002

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail is the long-distance footpath that runs through the World Heritage Site. 84 miles of glorious walking through rugged moorland, rolling fields and dynamic urban landscape. And if 84 miles sounds a little daunting,…

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  9. Coniston Old Man
    Coniston Old Man
    Coniston Old Man

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    Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EH

    Cumbria

    It's hard to imagine visiting Coniston without climbing Coniston Old Man. It hangs over the village like the Matterhorn hangs over Zermatt. Smaller of course, but in the same way it is an integral part of the landscape. Most people attempt it via…

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  10. Patterdale to Howtown and back on the steamer
    Patterdale to Howtown and back on the steamer

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    Cumbria

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    The scenic combination of lakes surrounded by steep-sided mountains is one of the things that makes the Lake District such a special place. One of the best examples of this type of landscape is the eastern shore of Ullswater. The craggy flanks of…

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  11. Western Shore of Coniston Water
    Western Shore of Coniston Water

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    Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EH

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Cumbria

    Backed by low fells and woodland, the western shore of Coniston Water is a delightful place for a walk. A mixture of paths and tracks weave in and out of the trees and across parkland never straying out of sight of the lake. And, with only a few…

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  12. Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail
    Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail

    Address

    Canal Head North, Kendal, Cumbria, LA97BY

    helen@lancastercanaltowpathtrail.co.uk

    Kendal

    The Towpath Trail connects Kendal to Lancaster via the original Towpath of the Lancaster Canal. It's a a unique place for walking, cycling, paddling, and general rural enjoyment!

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  13. Skiddaw via Sale How
    Skiddaw via Sale How

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    Keswick, Cumbria

    Cumbria

    The northern and eastern slopes of Skiddaw are strikingly different than other Lake District fells. They are gentler and run off in great sweeps to an area of high moors and rolling hills known collectively as the 'Back o' Skidda'. The only features…

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  14. The Coniston Round
    The Coniston Round

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    Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EH

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Cumbria

    The Coniston Fells are fronted by the rugged face of Coniston Old Man and the towering cliffs of Dow Crag. These two fine mountains are a big enough draw to spirited walkers but, add to this the stunning array of peaks stacked up behind them and…

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  15. Helvellyn via Striding Edge and Swirral Edge
    Helvellyn via Striding Edge and Swirral Edge
    Helvellyn via Striding Edge and Swirral Edge

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    Cumbria

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Doing the round of Striding Edge and Swirral Edge is one of the Lake District's most famous routes and for very good reason. The combination of two superb arêtes, which provide easy but exposed scrambling with a summit that has far-reaching views…

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  16. The Coppermines Valley and The Bell
    The Coppermines Valley and The Bell

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    Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EH

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Cumbria

    The Coppermines Valley lies directly behind Coniston village cutting a deep gash between the long high ridge of the main Coniston Fells and the shapely outlying summit of Weatherlam. This impressively steep valley, as its name suggests, has been of…

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  17. The Bowder Stone and Watendlath
    The Bowder Stone and Watendlath

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    Keswick, Cumbria

    keswicktic@lake-district.gov.uk

    Cumbria

    Tucked high amongst the fells in a secluded and hidden valley on the eastern side of Borrowdale is the picture perfect hamlet of Watendlath. It sits nestling in a glacier-carved hollow beside the mirrored waters of a tarn and surrounded by trees,…

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  18. Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Visitors on a guided walk with South Lakes Adventures in the Lake District, Cumbria
    Guided Hikes with South Lakes Adventures

    Address

    Cumbria

    Telephone

    07570 982 500

    southlakesadventures@gmail.com

    Book local guide - Emma Seery - to take you on a guided hike into the high peaks and hidden corners of the Lake District. Great days in the great outdoors for people of all experience.

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  19. Winder from Sedbergh
    Winder from Sedbergh

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    Sedbergh, Cumbria

    website@cumbriatourism.org

    Cumbria

    Winder might only be a small hill but its position directly behind Sedbergh gives it amazingly strong presence. Its wonderfully smooth flanks form a dramatic sculpted backdrop to the houses and lanes of Sedbergh making it feel like a proper mountain…

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  20. Catbells
    Catbells
    High Spy, Maiden Moor & Cat Bells from Borrowdale

    Address

    Keswick, Cumbria

    Cumbria

    The western side of Borrowdale is a long undulating ridge occupied by three attractive little peaks, High Spy, Maiden Moor and Cat Bells. Each one of them has its own distinct profile and individual character; surprisingly as the drop between each…

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