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Walkers on Wansfell overlooking Windermere copyright LDNPA

Walking and hiking around Windermere

There's a great variety of walks, from low-level lakeside ambles to felltop hikes where you feel on the roof of the world! Browse through some ideas here:

Short walks

Miles without stiles route 5: Bowness to Cockshott Point - 2 km, 1.2 miles
Miles without stiles route 6: Windermere's Western Shore - 9 km, 5.5 miles
Miles without stiles route 7: Red Nab to Wray Castle - 5 km, 3.1 miles
Miles without stiles route 8. Brockhole - 1.5 km, 0.9 miles
Brockhole Visitor Centre walks leaflet (PDF) - a 3 mile Windermere wander to or from Waterhead, where the boat does half the journey.
Brockhole Visitor Centre from Waterhead via Wansfell leaflet (PDF) - 6 miles of beautiful countryside, incorporating a boat trip

The Greenwood Trails

A collection of walks in Rusland, an area that stretches between Winderemere and Coniston Water to the south of Grizedale forest.

Trail 1: Old Hall Farm to Rusland Moss and Hay Bridge - 2.5 km / 6.7 km / 8.7 km
Trail 2: Haverthwaite Heights to Abbots Reading - 3.5 km / 4.8 km
Trail 3: The Bobbin Mill to High Dam, Yewbarrow and Finsthwaite - 4.3 km / 10 km
Trail 4: Oxen Park to Bethecar Moor - 6 km / 9.5 km / 11.5 km
Trail 5: Rusland valley and Yewbarrow - 7.5 km / 13.7 km
Trail 6: Grizedale West multi-user accessible trail - 10.5 km with optional extra loops
Trail 7: Finsthwaite Tower and The Knott - 5.6 km
Trail 8: Satterthwaite and Rusland - 7.5 km / 9.5 km

Longer routes

Five great guided walks in and around Ambleside

Windermere Walk

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