Miles Without Stiles 8: Brockhole
Details
Route type: For many. A short route around the beautiful grounds of Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre, taking in Windermere lakeshore OS Explorer Map OL7
Distance: 1.5 km, 0.9 miles
Start and end point: Brockhole pay and display car park - grid ref. NY 390010
Facilities: Accessible toilets and café on site, plus disabled car parking bay near the visitor centre
Getting there: Bus: 555 and 599 services operate all year round. Boat: Windermere Lake Cruises call at Brockhole jetty from Ambleside and Bowness. Car: A591 Windermere to Ambleside road. Brockhole is about 4 km from Windermere.
Route
Brockhole house and gardens are owned and managed by the Lake District National Park. It offers many attractions, including a famous walled garden, woodland and meadow trails, adventure playground and visitor centre.
From the main car park, follow a tarmac ramp behind the information point and toilet block. Continue along the tarmac path to a gate and wild flower meadow. A gate in the corner of a dry stone wall brings you to the shores of Lake Windermere and ancient Birkett Wood.
A circuit of the lakeshore runs past Windermere Lake Cruises’ jetty. Turn left by the bowling green and, 200 metres further, you reach a picnic shelter. From here, a tarmac path takes you back to the car park.
There are short sections of 1:12 gradients on this circuit. There are other, easy to use, paths and trails through the grounds but these also have steeper gradients.
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