Claife Heights and Lake Windermere

Mark, Tracey, Keiran and Kerris Douglas

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A walk which has all the ingredients of a fine lakeland walk, starting on the grassy banks on Lake Windermere. The walk initially follows the shoreline past pleasant open parkland before entering Belle Woods.

The route then climbs through the woods and out on to the open countryside of Claife Heights, passing a number of tarns and on a clear day giving great views of the surrounding peaks such as Old Man of Coniston and the Langdale Pikes.

The latter stages of the walk pass through the picturesque villages of Near and Far Sawrey. Beatrix Potter made her home at Hill Top in Near Sawrey, which is now under ownership of the National Trust and open to the public. Beatrix Potter wrote many of her most popular books while living in Hill Top and much of this area would have inspired many of her wonderful characters.

England - North England - Cumbria - Lake District - South West

Features

Birds, Great Views, Hills or Fells, Lake/Loch, Museum, National Trust, Pub, Public Transport, Tea Shop, Wildlife, Woodland

25/04/2012 - karen mcdermott

My friend and i did this walk on Mon 23 April it was a lovely dry day and very quiet it's a beautiful walk but at point 8 the Sawrey Hotel is now called the cuckoo brow inn a beautiful country pub/hotel with a great menu and friendly staff a very dog friendly walk too. would recomend it.

03/04/2012 - Sheila OBrien

Did this walk today and we found it to be a good dog friendly walk. My dog enjoyed the various terrains, going for a dip in Lake Windermere and the tarns. We didn't have to worry too much about sheep but they were around on the fields near tarns and Near and Far Sawrey, but we enjoyed long stretches of tracks without them, especially on lake shore and woods.

25/02/2007 - Roger Wade