15 Short Walks in the Lake District Cicerone Guidebook

authors: Jonathan and Lesley Williams
This pocket guidebook describes 15 short walks near Windemere, Ambleside and Grasmere, three popular destinations in the Lake District National Park. The walks are suitable for all abilities and are under 3 hours with the exception of one more challenging route. Clear route descriptions ensure the routes are easy to follow and Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale mapping is provided with the route highlighted. For each walk time, distance and ascent are provided plus information on start location with post code, cafes and pubs, transport, parking, and toilets. The book is filled with full colour photographs beautifully illustrating the landscape and features of the walks. GPX files can be downloaded from the publisher's website.

The walk locations are:
Bowness, Windermere and School Knott - 5.25 miles
Windermere, Orrest Head and Holehird Gardens - 4 miles
Near and Far Sawrey, and Beatrix Potter's Hill Top - 4.5 miles
Windermere's western shore and Wray Castle - 4.5 miles
Troutbeck village and upper valley - 5.5 miles
Wansfell, Troutbeck and Robin Lane - 7 miles
High and Low Sweden Bridges from Ambleside - 3.5 miles
Lily Tarn, Windermere view and Galava Roman Fort - 4.5 miles
Loughrigg from Ambleside - 6.25 miles
Ambleside to Elterwater - 4.75 miles
Elterwater and Red Bank - 3.75 miles
Dove Cottage, Grasmere and Rydal - 6.25 miles
Silver How from Grasmere - 3 miles
Easedale Tarn - 5 miles
Helm Crag - The Lion and the Lamb - 4.75 miles

ISBN 9781786311528 Pages 96 (2023) 118mm x 172mm