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Welcome to the Lake District. If you are traveling around the National Park in a vehicle, please help us keep the Lake District safe for other visitors and our communities. Covid-19 virus risks and concerns make some of the following points particularly important.
The Southern Lakes area has traffic delays due to a diversion at J36 of the M6. The A6 from Carnforth into Kendal and the South Lakes has long delays.
The area around Rydal and Pelter Bridge is extremely busy at weekends and in high season. Please only park in designated car parks. If car parks around Rydal are full, consider parking in Grasmere or Ambleside, which are very handy for walks and activities in the Rydal area.
The road along the East Shore of Coniston has now been reopened by Cumbria County Council. Please park responsibly, emergency vehicles need access along this road.
The weather: Check detailed local weather forecasts on Weatherline, and plan your trip and activities accordingly. Weather conditions in the Lake District can vary enormously over just a few kilometres, and can change considerably throughout the day. Whilst it might be fine in a valley, conditions can be extremely challenging at higher levels. The mountains will still be here on a better day so, if in doubt, reschedule.
Water activities on the Lake District's lakes, rivers and tarns: Some shores get very busy. Check which activities you can do on each lake. Don't take risks in the water, which can be very cold and with hidden hazards below the surface. There are no lifeguards to help if things go wrong.
▼ Around Windermere and Ambleside
▼ Around Keswick, Borrowdale, Buttermere, Bassenthwaite and Whinlatter
▼ Around Coniston, Hawkshead and Grizedale
▼ Around Ullswater and Glenridding
▼ Around Wasdale, Eskdale and Ennerdale
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///possible.snooping.region
Town centre parking
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///gentlemen.declares.indeed
Town centre parking
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///chicken.steady.bombard
500 metres south of the town centre
£ Pay and Display
⚡️ EV Charging (CCS and Type 2 - tethered cables - charges apply)
Location: ///romantics.warrior.incorrect
300 metres SW of town centre
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///nicer.cobbles.cello
Town centre parking
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///breezy.inert.tooth
Town centre parking
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///statement.vague.mock
Open Friday - Monday, 10am to 5pm
£ Parking is free for NT members
Non-members please make a donation
Location: ///years.waddle.aquatics
Between Windermere and Ambleside on the A591
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
One of the Lake District's most visited sites
Children's adventure playground, beautiful gardens, lakeshore, magnificent views
The Gaddum Restaurant fine dining
Cafe & take away food
Souvenir shop, with artisan and local products
Information centre
Exhibitions
Activities including boat hire, archery, laser clay shooting pre-book online at www.brockhole.co.uk
Location: ///bleak.dries.cooked
Town centre
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///indulgent.stiff.contracts
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets CLOSED
Access to lakeshore
Location: ///gratuity.jobs.spindles
£ Pay and Display
Long stay and weekly parking available
Ideally located for short walks to:
Queen Adelaid's Hill viewpoint, Millerground lakeshore & woodlands
Orrest Head viewpoint above Windermere town
Location: ///airstrip.skews.lyrics
£ Pay and Display
This car park also serves the Ferry Nab boat launching facility
On busy days, the car park may be closed to allow for boat launches to take place.
Location: ///tasteful.belief.deeply
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Picnic area, lake viewpoint, access to lakeshore
Location: ///ultra.bloom.warms
At 160 metres above Windermere, this is the closest parking for an ascent of Gummer's How (viewpoint at the SE tip of the lake).
Location: ///crystal.barefoot.arranges
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
Location: ///butchers.televise.vocal
Lakeshore parking close to the ferry landing on the western shore
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Or you can pay using the Pay to Park app
Location: ///nozzles.bitter.biked
Lakeshore parking close to the ferry landing on the western shore
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Or you can pay using the Pay to Park app
Location: ///bother.mermaids.nearly
Lakeshore parking
Access is along a dead-end single track road that has few passing places
Location: ///populate.dice.questions
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Or pay using the "Pay to Park" app
🚾 Toilets
Car park is 150 metres from the lake.
Location: ///snacking.dizziness.buzzards
Location: ///lend.piglets.stuck
£ Pay and Display
Farmer and Emergency Access Required 24/7 - don't obstruct lane
Location: ///broadens.unstable.says
Note there are two car parks, which are only open during museum opening times. The more westerly one may be used by the general public.
£ Pay and Display
English Heritage Bobbin Mill museum near Finsthwaite.
Museum open for pre booked ticket holders only
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stott-park-bobbin-mill/
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///firm.overused.cost
Location: ///solutions.note.trifle
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///thrashing.marine.person
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///oatmeal.punctuate.months
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Sometimes referred to as Quarry Rigg Car Park
Location: ///suddenly.informed.defensive
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///shorthand.push.vague
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///rebounder.supply.riding
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///recently.cubes.heightens
£ Pay and Display
🚾Toilets
This is the first car park on entry to the village from the south. If it's full, try the Broadgate Meadows car park - two minutes' away.
Location: ///spite.zaps.camera
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///sprouting.inventors.shielding
£ Pay and Display
This small car park is often very busy. Alternative public parking nearby:
(i) White Moss Common (1.5Km north west along A491)
(ii) Grasmere village (3Km north west along the A591)
(iii) Ambleside Cricket Club car park is sometimes open to the public (700 metres south on the A591 towards Ambleside).
Location: ///optimists.comfort.blushes
£ Pay in car park.
🚾 Toilets are on the other side of the main road (100 metres)
Location: ///grandest.plans.worker
£ Pay in car park.
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///trips.limiting.handover
Roadside parking in lay-by
Location: ///acclaimed.teaspoons.rare
Please park responsibly, emergency vehicles need access along this narrow road.
£ Pay and Display
🚾Toilets
Location: ///encodes.dented.obtain
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///stirs.loud.penny
Located on Old Furness Road, a residential area 200 metres south west of the village centre
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///caravan.selects.breathing
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
An overflow car park is available most weekends in peak season
Location: ///angry.magical.banana
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
🍴 Bluebird Cafe
Rental service for motor and rowing boats, canoes, kayaks and paddleboards
More info and to pre-book www.conistonboatingcentre.co.uk
Location: ///pushed.meanders.really
Brantwood gardens and café are now open to visitors 10.30am - 5pm.
Location: ///vanished.pulsing.storming
Location: ///prospers.meal.finishing
Location: ///taxed.goofy.styled
Closed from 19th June. Please consider parking elsewhere - try Coniston village or Coniston Boating Centre
Location: ///bathtubs.builds.them
£ Pay in car park
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///atlas.stored.trainers
Location: ///adapt.frame.tugging
Location: ///flopping.chairs.rents
£ Pay in car park
Location: ///impulse.craftsmen.greeting
Location: ///station.sweetener.zooms
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///eyelashes.called.mimed
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Or pay using the "Pay to Park" app
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///thickens.habit.passion
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Or pay using the "Pay to Park" app
Location: ///croutons.doted.trim
Location: ///fells.national.flopping
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///sleepless.workbench.file
Location: ///impose.forgotten.contrived
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Please respect the locality and residents, and please park considerately
Location: ///octopus.lollipop.glades
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Or use Pay to Park app
Location: ///slang.kingpin.exclusive
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Location: ///quicker.crypt.home
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Location: ///trace.stick.collapsed
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
🚾 Toilets open 10am – 3pm, accessible toilet 24hrs
🍽 The tea room is open from 11am serving hot, & cold drinks and snacks
Location: ///under.ripen.hotel
Location: ///pelt.kennels.racing
Location: ///hockey.belly.bonkers
A large car park opposite the legendary Kirkstone Pass Inn. This road is a stunning drive, but can be challenging. Please watch your speed and take your time. Flooding may occur.
Location: ///trains.garden.turntable
Allerdale Borough Council operates several car parks close to Keswick town centre, including:
Bell Close
Otley Road
Central (on Heads Road)
Rawnsley Centre (Main Street)
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Public toilets in Bell Close car park. Includes accessible toilet.
Overnight parking available (check signs), but no overnight staying in vehicles.
♻️ Otley Road car park has recycling facilities for paper & card, glass, cans and plastic bottles.
Five hundred metres south of Keswick town centre. Adjacent to The Theatre By The Lake and boat landing stages.
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///alienated.ranked.they
Adjacent car parks operated by:
Fitz Park Trust (£ Pay and Display)
Keswick Football Club (£ donation)
600 metres walk from the town centre (via Fitz Park and surfaced riverbank path)
Location: ///user.overlaid.departure
🚾 Toilets
Pay in the car park
🍴 Cafe
Cyclewise Bike Shop
Location: ///denote.motion.proposals
£ Pay in the car park
300 metres from the main Whinlatter Visitor Centre facilities
Location: ///danger.lines.community
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
Location: ///examples.crowds.promoting
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
Location: ///alcove.socialite.toffee
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
Location: ///risk.careful.recruiter
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
You can buy fishing and boating permits for Bassenthwaite online
Location: ///unfocused.pastime.sharpens
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
You can buy fishing and boating permits for Bassenthwaite online
Location: ///sober.juicy.relief
Please park responsibly. Please respect social distancing <- 2 metres ->🚙 🌳
You can buy fishing and boating permits for Bassenthwaite online
Location: ///shots.lizards.frown
You can buy fishing and boating permits for Bassenthwaite Lake online
Location: ///available.altering.outdoors
£ Pay in car park
🚾 Toilets
🍴 Café - The Old Sawmill Tearoom
Location: ///feathers.outwit.detergent
£ Pay and display - Coins only
Pay By Phone available
Location: ///tastings.tapers.gearing
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Pay By Phone available
Location: ///towel.carbon.fatigued
Location: ///saturate.costs.choirs
£ Pay and display - Coins only
Pay By Phone available
If Ashness Bridge car park is full, try the Surprise View car park 500 metres uphill to the south
Location: ///revisits.scary.objective
Watendlath is three miles from Derwentwater along a steep and winding single track road.
🚾Toilets
£ Pay and display - Coins only
Location: ///fitter.custard.brilliant
£ Pay and display - Coins only
Location: ///prawn.care.stirs
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///slogged.informer.chilled
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///cushy.soulful.nests
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Location: ///digress.lads.purses
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Buttermere becomes congested at peak times. Please only park in the designated car parks. Please don't cause highway obstructions by parking badly on roadsides and verges in the valley.
Location: ///attend.bikers.swims
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Fishing and boating permits can be bought from this car park machine
Buttermere becomes congested at peak times. Please only park in the designated car parks. Please don't cause highway obstructions by parking badly on roadsides and verges in the valley.
Location: ///wolves.towers.blurts
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
Buttermere becomes congested at peak times. Please only park in the designated car parks. Please don't cause highway obstructions by parking badly on roadsides and verges in the valley.
Location: ///vivid.mealtime.broad
£ Pay and Display - Coins only
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///diplomas.estuaries.stapled
Location: ///tags.hence.overheat
🚾 Toilets CLOSED
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///diverts.pictures.eyeliner
If this car park is full, please try Bowness Knott car park.
Location: ///fishnet.tweezers.costs
The final 4Km of road to Bowness Knott car park is narrow and bendy, with few passing places, making vehicle travel difficult at busy times.
No unauthorised vehicles allowed in the valley beyond the car park ⛔️
Location: ///feathers.strikers.focus
Location: ///nobody.glass.surprises
Location: ///recording.crows.allergy
The car park is free for Muncaster Ticket Holders.
A cash donation of £ 5 per car is requested for the use of the facilities for those not entering the Castle and Gardens.
Location: ///twitchy.sunshine.reflected
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///hiding.lived.reverted
£ Pay in car park
Location: ///evening.valued.cracker
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Campervans:
Overnight stays in campervans are allowed, but spaces are limited
£10 overnight charge from 7pm – 8am
There is an Elsan / chemical toilet disposal point at the nearby Langdale campsite - show your ticket to use it
If staying for the day you will need to get a daytime ticket at 8am
No tents or awnings
Location: ///verb.many.moved
£ Pay and Display
Please respect the footpath diversion: When leaving (or returning to) the car park to access Mickleden, Raven Crag or Dungeon Ghyll, please use the permissive path between the hotel and Middle Fell Farm. Avoid the rear of the hotel. Please follow the signs / maps on site.
Location: ///testy.flagged.hurry
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///unafraid.tailwind.honestly
Location: ///otherwise.mole.lions
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///magically.whizzed.panel
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///venturing.snows.cats
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///childcare.delay.richest
£ Pay and Display
🚾 Toilets
Location: ///nobody.desiring.twinge
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///blunders.blacken.clincher
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///advances.eased.buns
£ Pay and Display
Location: ///burden.strutting.stealing
A small car park that is a great place for walks on Scout Scar. Overnight stays are not permitted.
Location: ///inch.probe.flames
A medium sized car park that is great for walks on Scout Scar and the surrounding countryside.
Please drive carefully as the surface is rough in places.
Overnight stays are not permitted.
Location: ///river.daisy.shots
To open safely, the National Trust is limiting visitor numbers and you’ll need to book your visit in advance. Sadly, if you don't book, you’ll be turned away, even if you're a National Trust member.
Book your tickets here.
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Location: ///oppose.prevents.curly
