Walk A Circuit of Buttermere from Buttermere

An easy stroll round a lakeland jewel

This 4¾ mile, Grade 2 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Buttermere in the Lake District & will take you about 2 hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Walk No.: c219
Length: 4¾ miles (7.5km)
Ascent: 485 ft (148m)
Time: 2 hours
Grade: Walk Grade 2 (Easy) Icon

Route outline for this walk:

Buttermere  -  Dalegarth  -  Hassnesshow Beck  -  Gatesgarth  -  Black Beck  -  Peggy's Bridge  -  Burtness Wood  -  Buttermere


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Marilyns
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You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL4 The English Lakes - North Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water


OS Landranger 90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk A Circuit of Buttermere from Buttermere

In no particular order . . .

No smoking sign on the door of Buttermere Church, Buttermere

No smoking sign on the door of Buttermere Church, Buttermere

Photo: Dave Phillips (9)

Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere

Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere

Photo: Clare Howard (9)

Plaque dedicated to Alfred Wainwright in Buttermere Church, Buttermere

Plaque dedicated to Alfred Wainwright in Buttermere Church, Buttermere

Photo: Dave Phillips (11)

The Buttermere Court Hotel in Buttermere - formerly known as the Fish Inn

The Buttermere Court Hotel in Buttermere - formerly known as the Fish Inn

Photo: dorsalfin (19)

Sail Beck, Buttermere

Sail Beck, Buttermere

Photo: dorsalfin (20)

Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere

Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere

Photo: Rob Pullan (17)

Goat Gills from Hassnesshow Beck

Goat Gills from Hassnesshow Beck

Photo: David Hayter (142)

Hay Stacks and Buttermere

Hay Stacks and Buttermere

Photo: Martyn Hibbert (9)


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