Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks Walking in the Lake District - the highest mountains in England

by Crow, Vivienne

• ISBN13: 9781786312266
• ISBN10: 1786312263
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-06-28
• Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Summary

A guidebook to 30 high level day walks in the Lake District, exploring some of the best mountains, ridgewalks, fells and summits within the national park. Mostly circular except for a few linear routes that make use of public transport links, the walks are graded according to difficulty, ensuring there is something for all levels of fitness and experience.

The walks range from 7 to 24km (4–15 miles) in length and can be completed in between 3 and 9 hours. They are arranged geographically into 6 areas: Keswick, Borrowdale and Buttermere, the Western Valleys, Coniston and Langdale, Ambleside and Windermere, and Ullswater.

• 1:50,000 OS maps for each walk
• GPX files available to download
• Detailed information on terrain, refreshments and public transport for each walk
• Information given on local history and archaeology
• Highlights include Scafell Pike, Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Newlands Round and the Fairfield Horseshoe

Author Biography

Vivienne is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer specialising in travel and the outdoors. A journalist since 1990, she abandoned the constraints of a desk job on regional newspapers in 2001 to go travelling. On her return to the UK, she decided to focus on the activities she loves the most – hill-walking, writing, travelling and photography. Based in north Cumbria, she has put her intimate knowledge of northern England to good use, writing more than a dozen popular walking guidebooks.