Pooley Bridge To Ambleside (shorter)

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 43.59 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 19h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 2,400 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 2,489 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 942 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 57 m
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Walking Dunmallard Hill Settlement, Pooley Hill

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Dunmallard Hill Settlement, Pooley Hill
↔2.13 km ↗+50 m ↘-50 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
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This circular walk brings you along River Eamont before going up into the woodlands around Dunmallard Hill. On the way enjoy views of the countryside and over Ullswater loch.

Walking Howtown to Patterdale; Lakeside

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Howtown to Patterdale; Lakeside
↔9.70 km ↗+177 m ↘-174 m ◔3h 15 ▲Easy
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A lovely amble around the Southern Eastern shore of Ullswater with great views. An excellent family walk if combined with the Ullswater Steamer from Glenridding.

Walking From Mayburgh Henge to Brougham Castle

Association or club
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↔3.91 km ↗+5 m ↘-22 m ◔1h 10 ▲Easy
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This flat, linear walk will allow you to discover some English Heritage with Mayburgh Henge and Brougham Castle while enjoying a riverside walk along River Eamont. Nearby you can also visit King Arthur's Round Table.

Walking Gowbarrow Fell via Aira Force

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↔6.64 km ↗+353 m ↘-353 m ◔2h 55 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Matterdale (Westmorland and Furness)
This is a lovely circular walk with continued interest and some great views over Ullswater. You will take in the dramatic Aira Force and upper cascades, then climb to the summit of Gowbarrow Fell where there are great views.The descent is more gradual and passes the remains of an old shooting lodge before arriving at another great view point at Yew Crags. The return gives good views and the interesting Lyulph's Tower.

Walking Gowbarrow Fell via Aira Force

Walker
↔5.58 km ↗+307 m ↘-308 m ◔2h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Matterdale (Westmorland and Furness)
A short and interesting walk to the top of Gowbarrow Fell via Aira Force. This is an out and return walk but uses paths on either side of Aira Beck to maintain interest and give different views of the waterfalls and cascades. It is useful for a short weather window if you want to stretch your legs and you get a couple of hours of dry weather between the rain. (A longer walk around the fell is also available here.)

Walking Hike around Helvellyn Mountain

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↔15.86 km ↗+924 m ↘-926 m ◔7h 10 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Patterdale (Westmorland and Furness)
An inevitable hike, to the most popular peak of the Lake District, Helwellyn. A hike made all the more pleasant by passing along two lakes: Red Tarn Lake and Grisedale Ran Lake.

Walking Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike from Glenridding

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