The Lake District offers some of the best walking in the British Isles, and contained within this book some of the best low-level walks within the Lake District. The book covers 30 graded day walks in the South, North, Eastern, Western and Central Lake District grouped by area, from 7km - 17km in length with information about facilities and public transport options for each route. This is an area that is justly famed for its magnificent scenery: from serene lakes and wooded valleys to spectacular hills and hidden tarns. But you don’t have to climb its highest mountains to appreciate this beauty; some of the region’s best walking can be enjoyed in the valleys and on the low fells.
Those who are new to walking in this much beloved corner of England will find gentle strolls, such as the circuit of Buttermere, as well as walks that provide a straight forward introduction to the low fells, such as High Rigg.
With her intimate knowledge of the National Park, the author knows just where to go to experience the best of the Lake District. In this book, she guides walkers to well-known beauty spots as well as some hidden gems – with background information on both the human and natural history adding to the experience.
Well illustrated with maps and photos.
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
- 1:50,000 OS maps reproduced at 1:40,000 for greater clarity.
- GPX files available to download.
- Detailed information on terrain, refreshments and public transport for each walk.
- Information given on local history and archaeology.
- Easy access from Kendal, Penrith and Keswick.
By Vivienne Crowe.
Card cover, 17cm x 11.5cm, 192 pages.
Second edition, 2024, published by Cicerone Press.
ISBN: 978-1-78631-227-3.