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Walking Round the Lakes

225 km / 140 miles

Cumbria
Based on the Bob Graham Round, a circular route primarily for fell-runners, this route also includes Kentmere, the Far Eastern and Coniston Fells, and provides a circuit taking in all the peaks of the Lake District, involving 50,000ft of ascent. Publication shows alternative low level route for each section.

The publication is out of print but copies are still available on Amazon and a tracklogs route file is available for the high level route.

Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Very Challenging; Lake/Reservoir/Loch; Moorland; Mountain
Start and Finish:
NY336076 - Grasmere, Cumbria
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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Paperback: Walking Round the Lakes (Cicerone Press)

Maps:

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Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Landranger: 89, 90, 96, 97
OS Landranger Active: 89, 90, 96, 97
OS Explorer: 4, 5, 6, 7
OS Explorer Active: 4, 5, 6, 7

Group Accommodation within 5 Km of this Path:

Hostel Accommodation: Grasmere Independent Hostel, Keswick Rd, Grasmere, Cumbria < 1 Km
Bunk House: Rydal Hall Bunkhouse, Ambleside, Cumbria 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Ambleside Backpackers, Old Lake Rd, Ambleside, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Shackleton Lodge, Brathay Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Ambleside YHA, Waterhead, Ambleside, Cumbria < 1 Km
Camp Site: Long Valley Bell Tents & Yurts, Low Wray Site, Ambleside 2 Km
Hostel Accommodation: High Wray Basecamp, Ambleside 3 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Windermere YHA, Troutbeck, Windermere, Cumbria 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Lake District Backpackers, Windermere 4 Km
Camping Barn: Maggs Howe Camping Barn, Kentmere, Kendal, Cumbria 3 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Patterdale YHA, Patterdale, Penrith, Cumbria < 1 Km
Bunk House: Shepherd's Crook Bunkhouse 1 Km
Camping Barn: Swirral Camping Barn, Striding Edge, Glenridding, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Helvellyn YHA, Greenside, Glenridding, Penrith, Cumbria < 1 Km
Camping Barn: Fisher-gill Camping Barn, Stybeck Farm, Thirlmere 2 Km
Camping Barn: St Johns-in-the-Vale Camping Barn, Keswick, Cumbria 2 Km
Camping Barn: Causeway Foot Camping Barn, Naddle, Keswick, Cumbria 3 Km
Bunk House: The White Horse Inn Bunkhouse 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Skiddaw House, Bassenthwaite, Keswick, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Denton House, Keswick < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Keswick YHA, Station Road, Keswick, Cumbria < 1 Km
Camping Barn: Cragg Barn Camping Barn, Buttermere, Cockermouth < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Buttermere YHA, Buttermere, Cockermouth, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre, Ennerdale, Cleator 2 Km
Camping Barn: Ennerdale Barn YHA, High Gillerthwaite, Ennerdale, Cumbria 2 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Ennerdale YHA, Cat Crag, Ennerdale, Cleator, Cumbria 2 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Honister Hause YHA, Seatoller, Keswick, Cumbria < 1 Km
Bunk House: Hawse End Centre 1 Km
Camping Barn: Catbells Camping Barn, Low Skelgill, Newlands, Keswick 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Derwentwater Youth Hostel 2 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Derwentwater YHA, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria 2 Km
Camp Site: Long Valley Bell Tents & Yurts, Borrowdale Site, Keswick < 1 Km
Camping Barn: Dinah Hoggus Camping Barn, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Borrowdale YHA, Longthwaite, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Wastwater YHA, Wasdale Hall, Seascale, Cumbria 3 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Eskdale YHA, Boot, Holmrook, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Coniston Coppermines YHA, Coniston, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Coniston Holly How YHA, Far End, Coniston, Cumbria 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Langdale YHA, Loughrigg, Ambleside, Cumbria 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Elterwater YHA, Elterwater, Ambleside < 1 Km
Camp Site: Long Valley Bell Tents & Yurts, Gt Langdale Site, Ambleside 1 Km
Bunk House: Sticklebarn Bunkhouse, Stickleback Tavern, Great Langdale 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Thorney How Independant Hostel, Grasmere, Cumbria < 1 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Grasmere Butharlyp Howe YHA, Grasmere, Cumbria < 1 Km

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Connected Paths:

Paths Marked on OS mapping: Allerdale Ramble; Cumbria Way
Significant un-waymarked paths: Coast to Coast (Wainwright)
Other Paths: Alternative Coast to Coast; Ambleside Ale Trail; Borrowdale Ale Trail; Fairtrade Way; Furness Way; Grasmere Ale Trail; Head to Head; Helvellyn Ale Trail; Inn Way...to the Lake District; Lake to Lake Walk; Lakeland Haute Route; Lakeland Heritage Trail; Lakeland to Lindisfarne; Lakeland Tour; Lakes and Tarns - Eastern Lakeland; North of England Way; Rydal Ale Trail; Settle To Carlisle - Hill Walk; Thirlmere Way; Threlkeld Ale Trail; Tops of the North (Three Shire Heads to Carlisle); Tour of the Lake District; Westmorland Heritage Walk; Westmorland Way; William Wordsworth Way; Windermere - Walking Around the Lake
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Anytime Challenges: Abbott's Hike; Back 'O' Skidda; Coniston Water Circuit; Duddon Horseshoe; Eight Lakeland Mountain Passes; Grasmere Skyline Classic Walk; Lakeland Challenge Walk; Lakeland Mountain Heritage Trail; Lakeland Top Ten; Lakes and Passes of Borrowdale and Buttermere; North Western Fells; Thirlmere Round
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Kanters: Cumbrian Classic Trident Walk

Downloads:

GPS Exchange Format Route File: Walking Round the Lakes GPX Exchange Format Route File Login to Download
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MemoryMap Route file: Walking Round the Lakes Memory Map Route File Login to Download
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Tracklogs Route file: Round the Lakes (High Level) Tracklogs Route file Login to Download
(Members Only)

Route Profile:

221.3 Km (137.5 miles)
14,961 m (49,085 ft) ascent
960 m (3,150 ft)  maximum height
Walking Round the Lakes - Route Profile
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