Miles Without Stiles 8: Brockhole
Details
Route type: For many. A short route around the beautiful grounds of Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre (opens in new window) 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 is 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 wildflower meadow. Follow the signs to the Lake Cruises jetty. Then head along the shores of Windermere and the ancient Birkett Wood.
When you arrive at the watersports jetty turn right and then left by the bowling green and, 200 metres further along, 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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