LEG 2 - KESWICK TO WHINFELL FOREST

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 35.01 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 11h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 382 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 286 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 283 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 77 m
  • ⚐
    Area: Lake District
  • ⚐
    District: Keswick 
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    Start: N 54.600362° / W 3.143336°
  • ⚑
    End: N 54.639868° / W 2.654121°
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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.

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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 : km 0 - alt. 78 m - Start on Crow Park Road
  2. 2 : km 0.11 - alt. 79 m - Turn slight left onto The Headlands
  3. 3 : km 0.23 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Tithebarn Street
  4. 4 : km 0.25 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.41 - alt. 80 m - Turn slight left onto Main Street
  6. 6 : km 0.46 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 0.53 - alt. 81 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 0.59 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Brewery Lane
  9. 9 : km 0.62 - alt. 83 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 0.71 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 0.71 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Victoria Street
  12. 12 : km 2.02 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Penrith Road
  13. 13 : km 2.53 - alt. 137 m - Keep right onto A591
  14. 14 : km 2.62 - alt. 136 m - Keep right onto A591
  15. 15 : km 12.3 - alt. 213 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 12.31 - alt. 212 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 12.95 - alt. 238 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 14.24 - alt. 277 m - Turn slight left
  19. 19 : km 14.35 - alt. 280 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 14.36 - alt. 278 m - Turn left onto A66
  21. 21 : km 19.24 - alt. 257 m - Keep left onto Barons Hill
  22. 22 : km 25.42 - alt. 157 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Rheged Roundabout
  23. 23 : km 26.84 - alt. 140 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Skirsgill Roundabout
  24. 24 : km 28.1 - alt. 135 m - At roundabout, take exit 6 onto Kemplay Bank Roundabout
  25. 25 : km 33.21 - alt. 133 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 34.81 - alt. 169 m - Keep left
  27. 27 : km 34.96 - alt. 167 m - Turn right
  28. E : km 35.01 - alt. 166 m

Useful Information

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The YHA is a great institution and I guess most fell walkers have stayed at a hostel at some time in their lives. They were created "to help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside, particularly by providing hostels or other simple accommodation for them on their travels". Here's a collection of routes starting and finishing at a YHA in The Lakes. Along the way there are 10 Wainwrights, 1 lake, 3 tarns and a ferry.

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Association or club
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⚑Departure from Keswick (Cumberland)

The YHA is a great institution and I guess most fell walkers have stayed at a hostel at some time in their lives. Funny how they were created "to help all, especially young people of limited means, to greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside, particularly by providing hostels or other simple accommodation for them on their travels". Here's a collection of routes starting and finishing at a YHA in The Lakes. There are 6 Wainwrights, 1 lake, 3 tarns and a ferry.

Walking YHA hopping in The Lake District - YHA Keswick to YHA Borrowdale

Association or club
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⚑Departure from Keswick (Cumberland)

The YHA is a great institution and I guess most fell walkers have stayed at a hostel at some time in their lives. They were created "to help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside, particularly by providing hostels or other simple accommodation for them on their travels". Here's a collection of routes starting and finishing at a YHA in The Lakes. Along the way there are 3 Wainwrights,a ferry and 1 pub.

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Walker
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