Cumbria - Walking Pace

Ennerdale Water

Distance: 8.1 miles (13 km)
Ascent: 153 metres
Grade: 36 (Moderate)
Allow: 3h 30m to 5h 45m
Start: YHA Ennerdale
Region: North West of England

A stunning walk around the lake, a perfect low level route or a great alternative if the weather is poor.

Friars Crag

Distance: 2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Ascent: 56 metres
Grade: 16 (Easy)
Allow: 1h 15m to 1h 45m
Start: YHA Keswick
Region: North West of England

A pleasant route through the town, parks and along the shores of Derwent Water.

Pillar, Scoat Fell and Haycock

Distance: 10.6 miles (17.1 km)
Ascent: 1252 metres
Grade: 76 (Severe)
Allow: 7h 15m to 10h 45m
Start: YHA Ennerdale
Region: North West of England

A challenging high level ridge route with great views across the Lake District.

Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag

Distance: 7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Ascent: 843 metres
Grade: 69 (Challenging)
Allow: 5h to 7h 30m
Start: YHA Ennerdale
Region: North West of England

A great high level traverse with stunning views.

Walla Crag and Cat Bells

Distance: 12 miles (19.3 km)
Ascent: 846 metres
Grade: 62 (Challenging)
Allow: 6h 45m to 10h 15m
Start: YHA Keswick
Region: North West of England

A stunning walk with an elevated circuit of Derwent Water.

Lanty’s Tarn

Distance: 3.44 miles (5.5 km)
Ascent: 248 metres
Grade: 35 (Moderate)
Allow: 1h 45m to 2h 45m
Start: YHA Helvellyn
Region: North West of England

A lovely route around Glenridding to a picturesque tarn.

Latrigg

Distance: 6 miles (9.7 km)
Ascent: 355 metres
Grade: 41 (Moderate)
Allow: 3h 15m to 5h
Start: YHA Keswick
Region: North West of England

A walk to a single hilltop with stunning views of Keswick, Derwent Water and the Lake District beyond.

Grizedale Forest and Carron Crag

Distance: 12.8 miles (20.6 km)
Ascent: 624 metres
Grade: 53 (Challenging)
Allow: 6h 15m to 10h
Start: YHA Hawkshead
Region: North West of England

A walk through the stunning Grizedale Forest with fantastic viewpoints.

Glenridding and Grisedale

Distance: 8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Ascent: 476 metres
Grade: 47 (Moderate)
Allow: 4h 15m to 6h 30m
Start: YHA Helvellyn
Region: North West of England

A low level walk taking in the beautiful valleys of Glenridding and Grisedale.

Hawkshead village

Distance: 3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Ascent: 85 metres
Grade: 18 (Easy)
Allow: 1h 15m to 2h 15m
Start: YHA Hawkshead
Region: North West of England

Explore the historic village of Hawkshead.

Tarn Hows

Distance: 7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Ascent: 303 metres
Grade: 38 (Moderate)
Allow: 3h 30m to 5h 30m
Start: YHA Hawkshead
Region: North West of England

This walk heads to the stunning Tarn Hows before passing through picturesque Hawkshead.

Fairfield Horseshoe

Distance: 13.5 miles (21.7 km)
Ascent: 1103 metres
Grade: 77 (Severe)
Allow: 7h 45m to 12h
Start: YHA Ambleside
Region: North West of England

A long and strenuous, but fairly straightforward walk around scenic Lake District peaks.

Galava Fort and Ambleside

Distance: 2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Ascent: 37 metres
Grade: 18 (Easy)
Allow: 1h to 1h 45m
Start: YHA Ambleside
Region: North West of England

An excellent walk highlighting much of what Ambleside town has to offer.

Loughrigg Fell

Distance: 8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Ascent: 490 metres
Grade: 49 (Moderate)
Allow: 4h 30m to 7h
Start: YHA Ambleside
Region: North West of England

A lovely walk including a low level peak providing stunning views across the Lake District, a cave, a country estate and the shops and cafés of Ambleside.

Green Gable and Great Gable

Distance: 5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Ascent: 748 metres
Grade: 65 (Challenging)
Allow: 4h to 6h
Start: YHA Honister Hause
Region: North West of England

A spectacular walk taking in the pyramidal Great Gable with views into Wasdale, Ennerdale, Buttermere and Borrowdale

Fleetwith Pike

Distance: 3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Ascent: 356 metres
Grade: 48 (Moderate)
Allow: 2h to 3h
Start: YHA Honister Hause
Region: North West of England

A single peak walk through mining heritage to an awesome viewpoint over Buttermere.

Glenridding, Helvellyn and Grisedale

Distance: 11 miles (17.7 km)
Ascent: 982 metres
Grade: 67 (Challenging)
Allow: 6h 30m to 10h
Start: YHA Helvellyn
Region: North West of England

A high level walk through Glenridding up to Whiteside and Lower Man to Helvellyn.

Nether Wasdale

Distance: 3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Ascent: 78 metres
Grade: 27 (Moderate)
Allow: 1h 30m to 2h 30m
Start: YHA Wasdale Hall
Region: North West of England

This walk strolls through the former estate of Wasdale Hall and the stunning Lake District countryside.

Miterdale, Eskdale, Illgill Head and Whin Rigg

Distance: 12 miles (19.3 km)
Ascent: 877 metres
Grade: 66 (Challenging)
Allow: 6h 45m to 9h 30m
Start: YHA Wasdale Hall
Region: North West of England

A brilliant route with a high ridge, great views and beautiful dales.

Middle Fell, Seatallan and Buckbarrow

Distance: 8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Ascent: 833 metres
Grade: 66 (Challenging)
Allow: 5h to 7h 45m
Start: YHA Wasdale Hall
Region: North West of England

A stunning route to lesser visited parts of the Lake District.

High Cup Nick

Distance: 9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Ascent: 529 metres
Grade: 58 (Challenging)
Allow: 5h to 8h
Start: YHA Dufton
Region: North West of England

A great route on the edge of the North Pennines AONB.

Dufton Ghyll

Distance: 1.2 miles (1.9 km)
Ascent: 55 metres
Grade: 16 (Easy)
Allow: 30m to 45m
Start: YHA Dufton
Region: North West of England

A lovely walk through the village and alongside a woodland ghyll.

Flakebridge Wood

Distance: 7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Ascent: 219 metres
Grade: 39 (Moderate)
Allow: 3h 15m to 5h 15m
Start: YHA Dufton
Region: North West of England

A lovely walk including a stretch on Alfred Wainwright’s A Pennine Journey through rolling pasture with views of imposing fells.