Tour of the Lake District is an 88–93-mile (142–150 km) walking route through the English Lake District. There are five optional sections giving high-level routes over major summits and lower-level alternatives.[1] It is not waymarked, but is recognised by the Long Distance Walkers Association,[2] and by several commercial companies which offer packaged walking holidays over the route.
It is a circular route described going clockwise from its south-eastern point, Windermere. It passes through Ambleside and Coniston, and on via Eskdale, reaching its furthest west on the way to Wasdale. It uses the Black Sail Pass to reach Buttermere, and follows the Newlands Valley, to reach its furthest north point at Keswick. It then heads south along Borrowdale to Rosthwaite and crosses the fells to Grasmere and then to Patterdale, returning south to Windermere.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Walking the Tour of the Lake District". Cicerone Press. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Tour of the Lake District". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
Further reading
edit- Reid, Jim (2007). Tour of the Lake District. Cicerone Press. ISBN 9781852844967.
- Williams, Lesley (15 April 2021). Tour of the Lake District. Cicerone Press. ISBN 9781786310491.
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