Stoak and Thornton-le-Moors
Distance: 6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Ascent: 47 metres
Grade: 32 (Moderate)
Allow: 2h 45m to 4h 45m
Start: YHA Chester Trafford Hall
Region: North West of England
A walk through villages and nature parks.
Distance: 6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Ascent: 47 metres
Grade: 32 (Moderate)
Allow: 2h 45m to 4h 45m
Start: YHA Chester Trafford Hall
Region: North West of England
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Shropshire Union Canal and Chester City Walls
Distance: 17 miles (27.4 km)
Ascent: 179 metres
Grade: 54 (Challenging)
Allow: 6h 30m to 11h 15m
Start: YHA Chester Trafford Hall
Region: North West of England
Following country lanes and canal to Chester’s historic city walls.
Picton
Distance: 4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Ascent: 28 metres
Grade: 20 (Easy)
Allow: 1h 45m to 1h 45m
Start: YHA Chester Trafford Hall
Region: North West of England
A gentle walk across fields and along country lanes.
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.
Stocks Reservoir
Distance: 11 miles (17.7 km)
Ascent: 334 metres
Grade: 48 (Challenging)
Allow: 4h 30m to 7h 45m
Start: YHA Slaidburn
Region: North West of England
A pleasant walk through farmland and around Stocks Reservoir.
Easington
Distance: 3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Ascent: 83 metres
Grade: 26 (Moderate)
Allow: 1h 15m to 2h 30m
Start: YHA Slaidburn
Region: North West of England
A lovely route with views over Slaidburn and surrounding fells.
Wolfhole Crag
Distance: 15.6 miles (25.1 km)
Ascent: 784 metres
Grade: 69 (Challenging)
Allow: 8h to 13h
Start: YHA Slaidburn
Region: North West of England
A long and challenging route through remote moorland.
Otterspool
Distance: 9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Ascent: 90 metres
Grade: 33 (Moderate)
Allow: 3h 30m to 5h 45m
Start: YHA Liverpool Albert Dock
Region: North West of England
A long walk beside the Mersey and back through city parks and streets.
Liverpool, trade history
Distance: 3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Ascent: 45 metres
Grade: 13 (Easy)
Allow: 1h 15m to 2h
Start: YHA Liverpool Albert Dock
Region: North West of England
A tour through Liverpool’s history as a nineteenth-century global trade hub.
Liverpool, The Beatles
Distance: 3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Ascent: 58 metres
Grade: 14 (Easy)
Allow: 1h 15m to 2h 15m
Start: YHA Liverpool Albert Dock
Region: North West of England
A Fab Four tour taking in some of Liverpool’s Beatles Landmarks.
Manchester City Tour
Distance: 3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Ascent: 29 metres
Grade: 13 (Easy)
Allow: 1h 15m to 2h 15m
Start: YHA Manchester
Region: North West of England
A sightseeing and shopping tour around Manchester City Centre.
Manchester Castlefield Basin
Distance: 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Ascent: 9 metres
Grade: 9 (Easy)
Allow: 30m to 1h
Start: YHA Manchester
Region: North West of England
A short walk around historic Manchester canals.
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.