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
![Stoak and Thornton-le-Moors 1 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A walk through villages and nature parks.
See MoreStoak and Thornton-le-Moors
![Shropshire Union Canal and Chester City Walls 2 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
Following country lanes and canal to Chester’s historic city walls.
See MoreShropshire Union Canal and Chester City Walls
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
![Picton 3 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A gentle walk across fields and along country lanes.
See MorePicton
![Ennerdale Water 4 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A stunning walk around the lake, a perfect low level route or a great alternative if the weather is poor.
See MoreEnnerdale Water
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
![Friars Crag 5 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A pleasant route through the town, parks and along the shores of Derwent Water.
See MoreFriars Crag
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
![Pillar, Scoat Fell and Haycock 6 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A challenging high level ridge route with great views across the Lake District.
See MorePillar, Scoat Fell and Haycock
![Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag 7 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A great high level traverse with stunning views.
See MoreRed Pike, High Stile and High Crag
![Walla Crag and Cat Bells 8 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A stunning walk with an elevated circuit of Derwent Water.
See MoreWalla Crag and Cat Bells
![Lanty's Tarn 9 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A lovely route around Glenridding to a picturesque tarn.
See MoreLanty’s Tarn
![Latrigg 10 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A walk to a single hilltop with stunning views of Keswick, Derwent Water and the Lake District beyond.
See MoreLatrigg
![Grizedale Forest and Carron Crag 11 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A walk through the stunning Grizedale Forest with fantastic viewpoints.
See MoreGrizedale Forest and Carron Crag
![Glenridding and Grisedale 12 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A low level walk taking in the beautiful valleys of Glenridding and Grisedale.
See MoreGlenridding and Grisedale
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
![Hawkshead village 13 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
Explore the historic village of Hawkshead.
See MoreHawkshead village
![Tarn Hows 14 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
This walk heads to the stunning Tarn Hows before passing through picturesque Hawkshead.
See MoreTarn Hows
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
![Fairfield Horseshoe 15 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A long and strenuous, but fairly straightforward walk around scenic Lake District peaks.
See MoreFairfield Horseshoe
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
![Galava Fort and Ambleside 16 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
An excellent walk highlighting much of what Ambleside town has to offer.
See MoreGalava Fort and Ambleside
![Loughrigg Fell 17 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
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.
See MoreLoughrigg Fell
![Stocks Reservoir 18 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A pleasant walk through farmland and around Stocks Reservoir.
See MoreStocks Reservoir
![Easington 19 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A lovely route with views over Slaidburn and surrounding fells.
See MoreEasington
![Wolfhole Crag 20 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A long and challenging route through remote moorland.
See MoreWolfhole Crag
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
![Otterspool 21 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A long walk beside the Mersey and back through city parks and streets.
See MoreOtterspool
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
![Liverpool, trade history 22 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A tour through Liverpool’s history as a nineteenth-century global trade hub.
See MoreLiverpool, trade history
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
![Liverpool, The Beatles 23 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A Fab Four tour taking in some of Liverpool’s Beatles Landmarks.
See MoreLiverpool, The Beatles
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
![Manchester City Tour 24 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A sightseeing and shopping tour around Manchester City Centre.
See MoreManchester City Tour
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
![Manchester Castlefield Basin 25 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A short walk around historic Manchester canals.
See MoreManchester Castlefield Basin
![Green Gable and Great Gable 26 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A spectacular walk taking in the pyramidal Great Gable with views into Wasdale, Ennerdale, Buttermere and Borrowdale
See MoreGreen Gable and Great Gable
![Fleetwith Pike 27 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A single peak walk through mining heritage to an awesome viewpoint over Buttermere.
See MoreFleetwith Pike
![Glenridding, Helvellyn and Grisedale 28 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A high level walk through Glenridding up to Whiteside and Lower Man to Helvellyn.
See MoreGlenridding, Helvellyn and Grisedale
![Nether Wasdale 29 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
This walk strolls through the former estate of Wasdale Hall and the stunning Lake District countryside.
See MoreNether Wasdale
![Miterdale, Eskdale, Illgill Head and Whin Rigg 30 YHA Festival of Walking](https://www.walkingpace.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YHA-Festival-of-Walking.png)
A brilliant route with a high ridge, great views and beautiful dales.
See MoreMiterdale, Eskdale, Illgill Head and Whin Rigg