Windermere Lake Circular

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 54.02 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 18h 00 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 895 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 888 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 318 m
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    Lowest point: 39 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. 40 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.13 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.18 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto B5285
  4. 4 : km 0.55 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto A592 and drive toward Newby Bridge, Barrow, Kendal, Lancaster
  5. 5 : km 0.64 - alt. 44 m - Keep left onto Longtail Hill and drive toward Kendal, Lancaster
  6. 6 : km 1.11 - alt. 83 m - Turn left onto Kendal Road and drive toward Windermere
  7. 7 : km 1.14 - alt. 83 m - Turn right onto Crook Road and drive toward Crook, Kendal
  8. 8 : km 1.47 - alt. 114 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 1.6 - alt. 131 m - Turn slight left
  10. 10 : km 2.11 - alt. 130 m - Turn sharp right
  11. 11 : km 2.6 - alt. 130 m - Keep left
  12. 12 : km 3.07 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Green Lane
  13. 13 : km 3.13 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp left onto A5074
  14. 14 : km 3.13 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 3.21 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight left
  16. 16 : km 3.22 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 3.92 - alt. 99 m - Turn sharp left
  18. 18 : km 3.95 - alt. 99 m - Turn slight left
  19. 19 : km 3.97 - alt. 100 m - Turn slight right
  20. 20 : km 4.4 - alt. 136 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 6.33 - alt. 134 m - Turn left onto Ghyll Head Road
  22. 22 : km 6.72 - alt. 133 m - Turn sharp right onto Birks Road
  23. 23 : km 6.77 - alt. 133 m - Keep right
  24. 24 : km 7.5 - alt. 119 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 8 - alt. 157 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 8.39 - alt. 180 m - Turn slight left
  27. 27 : km 9.37 - alt. 194 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 9.38 - alt. 194 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 10.84 - alt. 315 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 11.14 - alt. 269 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 11.74 - alt. 209 m - Turn right onto Fell Foot Brow
  32. 32 : km 13.01 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto A592
  33. 33 : km 13.27 - alt. 46 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 13.7 - alt. 52 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 13.81 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 14.42 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp right onto A592
  37. 37 : km 14.58 - alt. 43 m - Keep right
  38. 38 : km 14.73 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right
  39. 39 : km 15.04 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 15.1 - alt. 41 m - Turn sharp right onto The Colonnade
  41. 41 : km 15.4 - alt. 40 m - Turn sharp left onto West Windermere Way
  42. 42 : km 16.15 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto West Windermere Way
  43. 43 : km 16.25 - alt. 48 m - Turn sharp right
  44. 44 : km 17.17 - alt. 51 m - Turn sharp right
  45. 45 : km 17.18 - alt. 52 m - Keep right
  46. 46 : km 17.53 - alt. 93 m - Keep right
  47. 47 : km 17.96 - alt. 78 m - Keep right
  48. 48 : km 18.05 - alt. 79 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 18.33 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 18.38 - alt. 72 m - Turn right onto Height Lane
  51. 51 : km 18.94 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
  52. 52 : km 19.21 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 19.58 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 20.3 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 20.31 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 20.41 - alt. 51 m - Keep right
  57. 57 : km 22.44 - alt. 97 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 22.81 - alt. 97 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 24 - alt. 49 m - Turn right onto Windermere Shore Footpath
  60. 60 : km 25.91 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  61. 61 : km 26.62 - alt. 67 m - Turn right
  62. 62 : km 27.22 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto B5285
  63. 63 : km 27.29 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 27.3 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right
  65. 65 : km 27.31 - alt. 42 m - Keep left
  66. 66 : km 27.39 - alt. 49 m - Keep right
  67. 67 : km 27.44 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto B5285
  68. 68 : km 27.54 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto B5285
  69. 69 : km 27.56 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp right
  70. 70 : km 28.01 - alt. 42 m - Keep right
  71. 71 : km 30.11 - alt. 57 m - Keep right
  72. 72 : km 31.57 - alt. 42 m - Keep left
  73. 73 : km 31.77 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp left
  74. 74 : km 33.88 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  75. 75 : km 33.89 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  76. 76 : km 33.91 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  77. 77 : km 34.17 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  78. 78 : km 34.19 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp right
  79. 79 : km 34.39 - alt. 49 m - Keep right
  80. 80 : km 34.84 - alt. 42 m - Keep right
  81. 81 : km 36.07 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  82. 82 : km 36.41 - alt. 50 m - Turn left
  83. 83 : km 36.41 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto B5286
  84. 84 : km 36.62 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  85. 85 : km 36.66 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto B5286
  86. 86 : km 37.97 - alt. 46 m - Keep right
  87. 87 : km 38.66 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  88. 88 : km 38.71 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  89. 89 : km 39.03 - alt. 40 m - Keep right
  90. 90 : km 39.56 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  91. 91 : km 39.6 - alt. 41 m - Turn sharp right
  92. 92 : km 39.79 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  93. 93 : km 39.84 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Borrans Road
  94. 94 : km 39.95 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  95. 95 : km 40.15 - alt. 40 m - Turn sharp left
  96. 96 : km 40.16 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  97. 97 : km 40.17 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left
  98. 98 : km 40.17 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp right
  99. 99 : km 40.21 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  100. 100 : km 40.25 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Lake Road
  101. 101 : km 40.46 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  102. 102 : km 40.66 - alt. 54 m - Turn sharp left
  103. 103 : km 41.03 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  104. 104 : km 41.13 - alt. 138 m - Turn left
  105. 105 : km 41.39 - alt. 168 m - Keep left
  106. 106 : km 42.26 - alt. 187 m - Keep left
  107. 107 : km 42.3 - alt. 183 m - Turn left
  108. 108 : km 43.14 - alt. 248 m - Turn slight right onto Hundreds Road
  109. 109 : km 43.6 - alt. 230 m - Keep right onto Fell Lane
  110. 110 : km 44.08 - alt. 168 m - Turn right onto Holbeck Lane
  111. 111 : km 44.23 - alt. 167 m - Keep right
  112. 112 : km 44.6 - alt. 107 m - Keep right
  113. 113 : km 44.84 - alt. 137 m - Turn left onto Patterdale Road
  114. 114 : km 44.93 - alt. 141 m - Turn left onto Fusethwaite Lane
  115. 115 : km 45.68 - alt. 188 m - Turn left
  116. 116 : km 46.4 - alt. 177 m - Turn sharp left
  117. 117 : km 47.34 - alt. 160 m - Turn right
  118. 118 : km 47.48 - alt. 146 m - Turn left
  119. 119 : km 47.81 - alt. 99 m - Turn slight left
  120. 120 : km 47.88 - alt. 101 m - Keep right
  121. 121 : km 48.46 - alt. 107 m - Turn sharp left
  122. 122 : km 48.5 - alt. 104 m - Turn sharp right
  123. 123 : km 48.57 - alt. 101 m - Keep right
  124. 124 : km 48.68 - alt. 93 m - Turn left
  125. 125 : km 48.7 - alt. 93 m - Turn left
  126. 126 : km 48.73 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight right onto Applerigg
  127. 127 : km 48.74 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Patterdale Road
  128. 128 : km 48.87 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto Ambleside Road and take A591 toward Windermere, Kendal
  129. 129 : km 48.89 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto Rayrigg Road and take A592 toward Bowness Bay, The Lake, Newby Bridge, Steamboat Museum, The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
  130. 130 : km 49.53 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp right
  131. 131 : km 49.9 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  132. 132 : km 49.93 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  133. 133 : km 50.33 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  134. 134 : km 50.59 - alt. 50 m - Turn right onto Rayrigg Road
  135. 135 : km 50.65 - alt. 51 m - Turn right
  136. 136 : km 50.72 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp right
  137. 137 : km 50.99 - alt. 73 m - Turn sharp left onto Longlands Road
  138. 138 : km 51.48 - alt. 61 m - Turn left onto Millbeckstock
  139. 139 : km 51.63 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Rayrigg Road
  140. 140 : km 51.99 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Fallbarrow Road
  141. 141 : km 52.18 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Lowside
  142. 142 : km 52.23 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight right onto Robinson Place
  143. 143 : km 52.27 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight left onto Robinson Place
  144. 144 : km 52.28 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Church Street
  145. 145 : km 52.38 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  146. 146 : km 52.59 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  147. 147 : km 52.6 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Glebe Road
  148. 148 : km 52.99 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  149. 149 : km 53.01 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Glebe Road
  150. 150 : km 53.02 - alt. 43 m - Keep right
  151. 151 : km 53.64 - alt. 41 m - Turn sharp left
  152. 152 : km 53.78 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto B5285
  153. S/E : km 54.02 - alt. 40 m

Useful Information

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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