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Lake District National Park official Guided Walks

All Lake District National Park official Guided Walks are free to book. We have a range of easy to moderate level walks, in groups of up to 20 people, all led by our wonderfully cheery and knowledgeable volunteers.

Event Date

07 May 2024

12:00 AM

This event will also happen on the following dates:

Wednesday 10 Apr 2024
Saturday 20 Apr 2024
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
Tuesday 07 May 2024
Sunday 19 May 2024
Sunday 26 May 2024
Sunday 02 Jun 2024
Saturday 08 Jun 2024
Thursday 13 Jun 2024
Saturday 22 Jun 2024
Saturday 29 Jun 2024
Sunday 07 Jul 2024
Wednesday 10 Jul 2024
Wednesday 17 Jul 2024
Tuesday 23 Jul 2024
Friday 02 Aug 2024
Sunday 04 Aug 2024
Saturday 10 Aug 2024
Wednesday 14 Aug 2024
Sunday 01 Sept 2024
Saturday 07 Sept 2024
Sunday 15 Sept 2024
Thursday 26 Sept 2024

£ Free

Description

The walks offer a great variety of routes and run from March through the summer until October.

All walks are free to book. If you wish to make a donation to give back to the National Park, you can do so via the Lake District Foundation.

All walks are graded as easy and accessible, easy or moderate, to ensure you can choose the walk that’s right for you. Families are welcome on all of our walks, but not all are pushchair friendly so please read the route descriptions.

For more details of individual walks and to book visit the EventBrite website.

Footsteps of Wordsworth (Ullswater)

A National Park Volunteer-led guided walk following the footsteps of Dorothy and William Wordsworth alongside Ullswater.  Meet: The Welcome Building, Aira Force.  

• Wednesday 10th April
• Saturday 22nd June
• Sunday 4th August
• Sunday 15th September

Length: 6 km / 3.7 miles with 120m / 394ft of total ascent.

Time: 3.5 to 4 hours.

Barton and Heughscar (Pooley Bridge)

A walk which begins with a visit to an historic church, followed by a steady climb to Heughscar Hill, featured in Alfred Wainwright's 'Outlying Fells of Lakeland'.  

• Saturday 20th April
• Sunday 2nd June
• Tuesday 23rd July
• Saturday 7th September 

Start point: Market Cross, Pooley Bridge. 

Length: 8.8km (5.5 miles) with 222m (728ft) of ascent.

Time: 4 hours (approximately).

Lowther Loop (Lowther, Near Penrith) 

A walk that begins at Lowther Castle, and continues on through the charming village of Askham and onto open moorland with its panoramic views.

• Tuesday 23rd April
• Sunday 26th May
• Saturday 29th June 
• Wednesday 14th August 

Start point: Lowther Castle Main Car Park.

Length: 13.3km (8.2 miles) with 220m (722ft) of ascent.

Time: 5.5 hours.

Arthurs Pike (Pooley Bridge) 

A figure of eight walk which offers great views over Ullswater on the climb up to Arthur's Pike, a Wainwright fell, before returning via a 3,500 year old stone circle. 

• Tuesday 7th May
• Wednesday 17th July
• Friday 2nd August
• Sunday 1st September 

Start point: Market Cross, Pooley Bridge.

Length: 11km (6.8miles) with 418m (1,371ft) of ascent.

Time: 4 hours (approximately).

Carpet of Bluebells (Ullswater) - Sunday 19th May

Fully booked.

Eycott Hill (near Berrier, Penrith)

A half day walk across a part of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust Reserve.  

• Saturday 8th June
• Wednesday 10th July

Start Point: Eycott Hill Nature Reserve Car Park, near Berrier, Penrith).

Length: 3.6km (2.2miles) with 150m (492ft) of ascent.

Time: 2.5 hours (approximately.)

Glenamara and Silver Bay

A great walk which offers a series of spectacular viewpoints over Ullswater as well as the Glenridding and Grisedale valleys. The walk includes a short section of the Ullswater Way along the eastern shore of Ullswater.

• Thursday 13th June
• Sunday 7th July
• Saturday 10th August
• Thursday 26th September

Start point: Ullswater Information Centre, Glenridding.

Length: 13 km (8miles) with 400m (1,312ft) of ascent.

Time: 6 hours (approximately.)