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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

Longer routes

Five great guided walks in and around Ambleside

Windermere Walk

Walking routes

Car Free Walks
Cumbria and Lake District walks from Go Lakes
English Lake District - 3D routes using Google Earth's plug-in
Family walks with Sprayway
GPS Walking Routes - Cumbria
The Happy Hiker
John Dawson's Lake District Walks
Lakeland Fells
Lakeland Walks
Lakeland Way
My Wainwrights
National Trust - Go walking in the North West
Nature Valley Walks and Walking Maps - uses Flash
Walk - Ramblers magazine - Northern England section
Walking Britain
Walking Englishman
Walking in Cumbria
Walking in Keswick and the North Lakes
Walks in the Lake District
Where 2 Walk

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