Windemere Round Walk

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 62.50 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 21h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 1,344 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 1,343 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 318 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 40 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 41 m - Start on Diessen Promenade
  2. 2 : km 0.11 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.26 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.27 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.39 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Church Street
  7. 7 : km 0.59 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Rayrigg Road
  8. 8 : km 0.66 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 0.92 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Longlands Road
  10. 10 : km 1.25 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Sherriff's Walk
  11. 11 : km 1.27 - alt. 60 m - Turn sharp right onto Longlands Road
  12. 12 : km 1.71 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 1.98 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp left
  14. 14 : km 2.05 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Rayrigg Road
  15. 15 : km 2.21 - alt. 54 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 2.36 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 2.41 - alt. 42 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 2.65 - alt. 42 m - Keep right
  19. 19 : km 2.72 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 2.85 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 2.93 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp left onto Rayrigg Road
  22. 22 : km 3.58 - alt. 84 m - Turn sharp left onto Ambleside Road and drive toward Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick
  23. 23 : km 4.82 - alt. 61 m - Keep left
  24. 24 : km 6.76 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto A591
  25. 25 : km 9.94 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Kelsick Road
  26. 26 : km 10.06 - alt. 47 m - Keep right onto Church Street
  27. 27 : km 10.07 - alt. 47 m - Turn sharp left
  28. 28 : km 10.13 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Church Walk
  29. 29 : km 10.16 - alt. 47 m - Keep left
  30. 30 : km 10.21 - alt. 48 m - Keep right
  31. 31 : km 10.23 - alt. 49 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 10.26 - alt. 48 m - Turn sharp left onto Vicarage Road
  33. 33 : km 10.6 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 10.62 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Under Loughrigg Road
  35. 35 : km 10.68 - alt. 45 m - Keep right
  36. 36 : km 12.59 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto A591 and drive toward Grasmere, Keswick
  37. 37 : km 14.47 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 14.48 - alt. 62 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 14.52 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 14.84 - alt. 113 m - Turn slight left
  41. 41 : km 15.18 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight right
  42. 42 : km 15.58 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto A591
  43. 43 : km 15.62 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Stock Lane
  44. 44 : km 16.1 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 16.2 - alt. 67 m - Turn left onto Church Stile
  46. 46 : km 16.26 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Red Bank Road
  47. 47 : km 16.72 - alt. 63 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 17.85 - alt. 231 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 18.32 - alt. 289 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 18.36 - alt. 285 m - Keep right
  51. 51 : km 18.45 - alt. 281 m - Turn slight left
  52. 52 : km 18.5 - alt. 278 m - Keep right
  53. 53 : km 18.67 - alt. 277 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 19.21 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 19.23 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 19.6 - alt. 73 m - Turn sharp right onto B5343
  57. 57 : km 19.7 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  58. 58 : km 19.74 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  59. 59 : km 19.83 - alt. 75 m - Keep left
  60. 60 : km 20.44 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  61. 61 : km 22.36 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  62. 62 : km 22.49 - alt. 85 m - Keep left
  63. 63 : km 22.65 - alt. 70 m - Keep right
  64. 64 : km 23.31 - alt. 137 m - Turn left
  65. 65 : km 23.42 - alt. 142 m - Turn right
  66. 66 : km 23.83 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Smithy Brow
  67. 67 : km 24.02 - alt. 170 m - Keep right
  68. 68 : km 26.83 - alt. 153 m - Keep right
  69. 69 : km 26.97 - alt. 140 m - Turn slight right
  70. 70 : km 26.98 - alt. 140 m - Keep left onto Skinner How Lane
  71. 71 : km 28.05 - alt. 83 m - Turn slight left onto B5285
  72. 72 : km 28.23 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto B5285
  73. 73 : km 28.92 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  74. 74 : km 28.95 - alt. 68 m - Turn left
  75. 75 : km 28.97 - alt. 68 m - Keep right
  76. 76 : km 29.1 - alt. 68 m - Turn slight left
  77. 77 : km 29.12 - alt. 68 m - Turn right
  78. 78 : km 29.15 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto North Lonsdale Road
  79. 79 : km 29.16 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  80. 80 : km 29.16 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  81. 81 : km 29.19 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Kings Yard
  82. 82 : km 29.35 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight right onto Flag Street
  83. 83 : km 29.36 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight left
  84. 84 : km 29.42 - alt. 77 m - Turn left onto Vicarage Lane
  85. 85 : km 29.69 - alt. 96 m - Turn slight left
  86. 86 : km 30.51 - alt. 187 m - Turn slight left
  87. 87 : km 31.62 - alt. 218 m - Turn left
  88. 88 : km 32 - alt. 203 m - Turn right
  89. 89 : km 32.06 - alt. 204 m - Turn left
  90. 90 : km 32.32 - alt. 191 m - Turn sharp right
  91. 91 : km 32.64 - alt. 202 m - Turn left
  92. 92 : km 33.1 - alt. 187 m - Turn slight right
  93. 93 : km 33.5 - alt. 204 m - Turn slight right
  94. 94 : km 33.53 - alt. 205 m - Turn left
  95. 95 : km 33.77 - alt. 217 m - Turn sharp left
  96. 96 : km 34.65 - alt. 201 m - Turn sharp left
  97. 97 : km 34.87 - alt. 187 m - Keep right
  98. 98 : km 36.04 - alt. 179 m - Turn sharp left
  99. 99 : km 36.14 - alt. 175 m - Keep left
  100. 100 : km 36.71 - alt. 177 m - Keep left
  101. 101 : km 37.17 - alt. 193 m - Turn left
  102. 102 : km 37.27 - alt. 196 m - Keep right
  103. 103 : km 38.91 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  104. 104 : km 39.18 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  105. 105 : km 39.21 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  106. 106 : km 39.26 - alt. 66 m - Turn right
  107. 107 : km 40.44 - alt. 137 m - Keep right
  108. 108 : km 40.9 - alt. 157 m - Turn left
  109. 109 : km 42.11 - alt. 99 m - Turn right
  110. 110 : km 43.48 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  111. 111 : km 44.02 - alt. 169 m - Turn left
  112. 112 : km 44.5 - alt. 132 m - Turn right
  113. 113 : km 44.56 - alt. 134 m - Turn left
  114. 114 : km 45.04 - alt. 86 m - Turn slight right
  115. 115 : km 45.53 - alt. 69 m - Turn right onto Height Lane
  116. 116 : km 45.61 - alt. 72 m - Turn left
  117. 117 : km 45.66 - alt. 71 m - Turn right
  118. 118 : km 46 - alt. 83 m - Turn left
  119. 119 : km 46.08 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight right
  120. 120 : km 46.1 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  121. 121 : km 47.15 - alt. 108 m - Keep left
  122. 122 : km 47.62 - alt. 46 m - Turn sharp left
  123. 123 : km 47.71 - alt. 46 m - Turn left
  124. 124 : km 47.76 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
  125. 125 : km 47.89 - alt. 41 m - Keep right onto The Colonnade
  126. 126 : km 47.95 - alt. 40 m - Turn left
  127. 127 : km 48.25 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left
  128. 128 : km 48.41 - alt. 43 m - Turn slight left onto A592
  129. 129 : km 49.39 - alt. 49 m - Turn left
  130. 130 : km 49.44 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight left
  131. 131 : km 49.46 - alt. 49 m - Turn right
  132. 132 : km 49.6 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  133. 133 : km 49.98 - alt. 40 m - Turn left
  134. 134 : km 50.12 - alt. 49 m - Turn left
  135. 135 : km 50.14 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight right
  136. 136 : km 50.19 - alt. 49 m - Turn sharp left onto A592
  137. 137 : km 50.38 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Fell Foot Brow
  138. 138 : km 51.65 - alt. 209 m - Turn left
  139. 139 : km 52.26 - alt. 269 m - Turn left
  140. 140 : km 52.31 - alt. 286 m - Keep left
  141. 141 : km 52.55 - alt. 318 m - Turn slight left
  142. 142 : km 52.58 - alt. 315 m - Turn left
  143. 143 : km 54.03 - alt. 194 m - Turn right
  144. 144 : km 54.05 - alt. 194 m - Turn left
  145. 145 : km 55.03 - alt. 180 m - Turn slight right
  146. 146 : km 55.23 - alt. 180 m - Turn right
  147. 147 : km 55.98 - alt. 122 m - Turn sharp right onto Birks Road
  148. 148 : km 56.15 - alt. 127 m - Turn left
  149. 149 : km 56.81 - alt. 67 m - Turn right onto A592
  150. 150 : km 61.74 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Glebe Road and drive toward Braithwaite Fold (Bowness)
  151. 151 : km 62.25 - alt. 44 m - Keep left onto Glebe Road
  152. S/E : km 62.5 - alt. 42 m

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Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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