Things to do, places to go...

on foot, or by car


Walks

Walks are available in every direction, from gentle rambles to full day hikes for the hardy walker. Suggestions include:

  • Easy walks
    4½ miles around the lake
    Scale Force, 7 mile round trip waterfall walk
    Haystacks, 6 miles, past Innominate and Blackbeck Tarns to Haystacks summit.

  • Moderate walks
    Robinson (2,417ft) and Dale Head (2,473ft)
    Red Pike (2,479ft), High Stile (2,644ft) and High Crag (2,2,443ft)
    Gasgale Gill, Rannerdale and Whiteless Pike

  • Harder walks
    Pillar, Scarth Gap and Ennerdale Forest
    Grisedale Pike, Eel Crag and Sail Pass
Trips out by car

  • Keswick & Derwent Water
  • Cockermouth and the Lakeland Sheep Centre
  • Hawkshead & Tarn Hows
  • Sellafield Visitors' Centre
  • Maryport Maritime Museum