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.
Detailed walk route map PDF | ||
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | c219 | |
| Length: | 4¾ miles (7.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 485 ft (148m) | |
| Time: | 2 hours | |
| Grade: | ![]() | |
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:
![]() 0 English Mountains |
![]() 0 Wainwrights |
![]() 0 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 0 Marilyns |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk A Circuit of Buttermere from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .

Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
. . . load all 58 pictures & photos from this walk
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