Cumbria and the Lake District
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Allerdale Ramble
Seathwaite to Grune Point 87km/54 miles Waymarked route
connecting the Cumbria Way with the Solway Firth. For more details see
Cumbria Way.
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Cistercian
Way
Grange-over-Sands to Roa Island 53km/33 miles EASY
Waymarked route around the low hills and sands of the Furness and
Cartmel peninsulas.
Connects with
Discover Barrow on foot,
Cumbria Way,
Cumbria Coastal Way,
Haematite Trail
Highway authority Cumbria
Parks and countryside Lake
District National Park
Explorer maps
OL6,
OL7
The route is marked on recent editions of these maps.
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Coast to Coast Walk
St Bees to Robin Hoods Bay 304km/190 miles
CHALLENGING Famous unwaymarked route devised by
A Wainwright linking Irish and North Seas via high tops and three National
Parks. For more
details, click here.
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Cumbria Coastal Way
Silverdale to Gretna 240km/150 miles A walk along the
fascinating Cumbria coast from the southern estuaries to the Scottish border.
For more
details, click here.
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Cumbria Way
Ulverston to Carlisle 112km/70 miles
Mostly low-level waymarked route through the Lakes, via Langdale and
Borrowdale, Coniston, Derwent Water and Caldbeck.
For more
details, click here.
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Dales Way
Ilkley to Bowness 130km/81 miles
Inspired by members of RA West
Riding Area, this waymarked, fairly easy, largely riverside trail through
the Yorkshire Dales ends in the southern Lakes. For more
details, click here.
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Discover Barrow
on FootChannelside Walk
Dock Museum to Slagbank 60 mins
Coast to Coast Walk Rampside to Sandscale 0.5 days
Heart of Barrow Walk Dock Museum to Duke Hotel 60 mins
St George's Walk Circular from Barrow Town Hall via St George's Church
and Mount Pleasant 60 mins
Walney Walk Circular from Biggar Bank Roundhouse via Jubilee Bridge and
North Scale 6.5km/4 miles or 11km/7 miles
All EASY
Five short routes promoted by the Dock Museum at Barrow exploring the
town and the unique local coastline. All can also be easily reached by
public transport with buses connecting to Barrow rail station: details
on the leaflets. [2005]
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All these walks are easy and wheelchair friendly.
See publications for details. |
Connects with
Cistercian Way, Cumbria Coastal Way,
Haematite Trail
Local authority Cumbria
Explorer map
OL6
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Free leaflets from The Dock Museum North Road, Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 2PW, tel 01229 894444.
www.dockmuseum.org.uk
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Eden
Way Rockcliffe Marsh to Black Fell Moss 126km/78 miles
Unwaymarked route along the river Eden: can be walked using Settle & Carlisle
railway line. Connects with
Coast to Coast Walk,
Cumbria Way, Cumbria
Coastal Way, Hadrian's Wall Path,
Pennine Bridleway,
Pennine Way (E2)
Highway authority Cumbria
Parks and countryside
Yorkshire Dales
Explorer maps
OL5,
OL19,
315
- The Eden Way by Charlie Emett, ISBN 1 85284 040 4.
Cicerone £6.99.
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Hadrian's Wall Path National
Trail 
Newcastle to Bowness 130km/81 miles
Along the line of the
historic wall, built in AD 122 to mark the northern limit of the Roman
Empire and now a World Heritage Site.
For more details, click
here.
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Haematite Trail
Circular from Barrow 29km/18 milesSigned route that explores
the local iron mining heritage in the Furness peninsula.
Connects with Discover Barrow on foot, Cistercian Way,
Cumbria Coastal Way
Highway authority Cumbria
Explorer map
OL6
- Haematite Trail, free leaflet from
Barrow
TIC
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Inn Way
to the English Lake District
Circular via Ambleside,
Boot and Broughton in Furness 144km/90 miles
Unwaymarked route connecting Lakeland highlights via traditional pubs.
Connects with Allerdale Ramble (see
Cumbria Way), Coast to Coast Walk,
Cumbria Way,
Cumbria Coastal Way
Highway authority Cumbria
Useful Contacts
www.innway.co.uk
Parks and countryside Lake
District National Park
Explorer maps
OL4,
OL6,
OL7
Holidays, luggage transfer, accommodation booking
Brigantes
- The Inn Way to the English Lake District by Mark Reid, ISBN 1
902001 01 X. Inn Way £7.95.
Much background information.
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Isaac's Tea Trail
Circular from Ninebanks via Allendale,
Nenthead and Alston 58km/36 miles
A themed trail along picturesque river valleys and over high heather
moorlands in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, mainly
in Northumberland but looping into Cumbria. Read
more...
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Limestone Link (Cumbria)
Arnside to Kirkby Lonsdale 21km/13 miles
Through the limestone countryside in the south of Cumbria including
woods, mosses and fells. Connects with Carnforth Connect bus services: see
Arnside/Silverdale AONB.
Connects with Cumbria Coastal Way,
Lune Valley Ramble
Highway authority Cumbria
Parks and countryside
Arnside/Silverdale AONB
Explorer maps
OL2,
OL7
- Limestone Link,
Free leaflet from Ulverston TIC.
- Walks from the Limestone Link
by Lancaster Ramblers. Booklet describing whole route and 16 shorter
circular walks based on it.
Click here for ordering details.
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Lune Valley Ramble
Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale 27km/17 miles EASY
A lowland walk in north Lancs that just edges into Cumbria, including
trailside sculptures. Connects with Carnforth
Connect bus services: see
Arnside/Silverdale AONB.
Connects with Lancashire Coastal Way, Limestone
Link (Cumbria), Lunesdale Walk
Highway authorities
Cumbria,
Lancashire
Explorer maps
OL2,
OL41
The route is marked on recent editions of these maps.
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Pennine Bridleway National Trail 
Carsington Reservoir or Middletop Top to Byrness 560km/350 miles
(under development)
This multi-user route, roughly parallel to the Pennine Way but generally
along lower-lying paths to the west of the hilltops, should be open to
Kirkby Stephen in 2004. For more details,
click
here.
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Pennine Way National Trail 
Edale to Kirk Yetholm 412km/256 miles CHALLENGING
A high and wild trail along the backbone of England from the Peaks to the
Scottish borders. For more details,
click
here.
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South Tyne Trail
Source of the Tyne to Haltwhistle 36.5km EASY
Multi-user route via Alston, using easy surfaced paths for the most
part. More details.
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Teesdale Way

Dufton to Warrenby, Redcar 160km
The end section, through Cumbria, is largely coincident with the Pennine Way.
For more details,
click
here.
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