15 walks in The Southern Marches area of The Lake District
Fifteen easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walks including routes from Coniston, Far Sawry, Seathwaite, Witherslack & Windermere that climb Walna Scar (the highest point), Caw (Dunnerdale Fells), Great Worm Crag, Top o' Selside, Gummer's How & Claife Heights amongst others. More details about each walk can be found below the map.
The Southern Marches area of The Lake District National Park
- The Duddon Esturay to the West
- The River Duddon to Seathwaite (Duddon Valley), the Walna Scar Road to Coniston Village and then the A593 to Ambleside to the North West
- Lake Windermere & the A590 to Morecambe Bay to the East
- Then the Irish Sea to the South
To see interactive maps and list of Mountains, Tops, Peaks and Hills to climb in the area, see Peak Bagging the Lake District Southern Marches.
Interactive Map of Walks in The Southern Marches area of The Lake District
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Fifteen easy-to-follow, circular, walk route maps in The Southern Marches area of The Lake District in Walk Grade Order
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Scroll down the list of walks below & click on each walk title (in blue) to locate it on the map above.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75 miles (7.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 945 ft (288 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Route Summary:
Witherslack Hall School - Black Yews Scar - Flodder Allotment - Lord's Seat (Whitbarrow Scar) - Farrar's Allotment - Whitbarrow Scar - Buckhouse Wood - Beck Head (Witherslack) - Witherslack Hall School
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 miles (13.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,644 ft (501 m) |
| Time: | 4.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Route Summary:
Far Sawrey - Mitchell Knotts - Low Pate Crag - Claife Heights (High Blind How) - The Heald - High Moss - Belle Grange Beck - Long Height - Latterbarrow - High Wray - Red Nap Car Park - Lake Windermere - Belle Grange Bay - Bark Barn Ferry - Slape Scar - Strawberry Gardens - Far Sawrey
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75 miles (7.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 945 ft (288 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Brown Howe Car Park - Coniston Water - Beacon (Blawith Fells) - Beacon Tarn - Tarn Beck - Slaterstone Fell - Greenholme Farm - Water Yeat - Lake Bank - Fairholme Green - Brown Howe - Coniston Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,310 ft (704 m) |
| Time: | 6.25 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Route Summary:
Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre - Silurian Way - Priest Wood - Ridding Wood - Braithwaite Plantation - Potato Peg Plantation - Grisedale Tarn - The Connob - Low Scar Wood - Beck Side Intake - Great Wood - New South Wales Plantation - Breasty Haw - Lawrence Scar Wood - Dale Park Scar - Blind Lane Wood - Force Knott - Swainsley Hill - Force Beck - Farce Falls - Low Bowkerstead Hob Gill Plantation - Satterthwaite - Scale Green Wood - Scale Green Intake - Carron Crag - Park Plantation - Broad Piece - Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 945 ft (288 m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Route Summary:
Far Sawrey - Mitchell Knotts - Fellborough - Lake Windermere Shore - Rawlinson Nab - Low Cunsey Farm - Cunsey Wood - The Forge - Great Ore Gate - Cunsey Beck - Eel House Bridge - Dub How Farm - Near Sawrey - Hill Top (former Home of Beatrix Potter) - Wilfin Beck - Far Sawrey
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,706 ft (520 m) |
| Time: | 3.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Seathwaite (Duddon Valley) - Newfield Wood - Dobby Shaw - New Close - How Scale Haw - Old Park Beck - Broadslack - Caw (Dunnerdale Fells) - Pikes (Caw) - Green Pikes (Caw) - Dawson Pike - Walna Scar Road - Broad Haws - Hollin House Haw - Tarn Beck - Seathwaite (Duddon Valley)
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,364 ft (416 m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Coniston - Walna Scar Road - Banishead - Torver Beck - Torver - Beckstones - The Cumbria Way - Coniston Water - Coniston Sailing Club - Coniston Hall - Coniston
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6 miles (9.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 699 ft (213 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Oxen Park - Furness - Abbot Park - Lord Ling - The Riggs - High Ickenthwaite - Low Ickenthwaite - Big Plantation - Glass Knott - The Syke - Rusland Cross - Rusland Hall - Rusland Moss Nature Reserve - Hulleter Moss - Low Hay Bridge Nature Reserve - Crooks Pastures - Black Knotts Plantation - Moss Wood - Oxen Park
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 787 ft (240 m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Windermere - Ellery Woods - Orrest Head - Near Orrest Farm - Mislet Farm - Heaning Farm - Blackmoss Farm - School Knott Plantation - School Knott - The Dales Way - High Cleabarrow Farm - Matson Ground - Heaththwaite Manor - Windermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,453 ft (443 m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Seathwaite (Duddon Valley) - Hollin House Haw - Tarn Beck - Worm How - Trountal Tongue - Throng Close - Foss How - Brow Side - Pike How - Birks Bridge - Birks Farm Field Centre - Dunnerdale Forest - Grassguards Farm - Basin Barrow - Rowantree How - Wallowbarrow Crag - Wallowbarrow Farm - Seathwaite (Duddon Valley)
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75 miles (6 km) |
| Ascent: | 309 ft (94 m) |
| Time: | 1.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Route Summary:
Allithwaite - Wraysholme Tower - The Cumbria Coastal Way - Humphrey Head - Humphrey Head Wood - Wyke Farm - Kirkhead End - Allithwaite
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,422 ft (738 m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Seathwaite (Duddon Valley) - Newfield Wood - Dobby Shaw - New Close - How Scale Haw - Old Park Beck - Broadslack - Caw (Dunnerdale Fells) - Pikes (Caw) - Green Pikes (Caw) - Dawson Pike - White Pike - White Maiden - Walna Scar - Walna Scar Road - Broad Haws - Hollin House Haw - Tarn Beck - Seathwaite (Duddon Valley)
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 896 ft (273 m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Hawkshead - Colthouse - Long Height - Holland Band Plantation - Wise Een Tarn - Scale Tarn - Moss Eccles Tarn - Stones Lane - Near Sawrey - Hill Top (former Home of Beatrix Potter) - Ees Bridge - Esthwaite Tarn - Howe Farm - Roger Ground - Hawkshead
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 miles (10 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,382 ft (421 m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Brown Howe Car Park - Coniston Water - Beacon (Blawith Fells) - Beacon Tarn - Tarn Beck - The Cumbria Way - Wool Knott - Fisher High - Rattan Haw - Yew Bank (Blawith Fells) - Stable Harvey Moss - Brown Howe - Coniston Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25 miles (16.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,375 ft (419 m) |
| Time: | 5.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Grange-over-Sands - Eggerslack Wood - Hampsfell - Fell End - High Fell Gate Farm - Allithwaite - Wraysholme Tower - The Cumbria Coastal Way - Humphrey Head - Humphrey Head Wood - Wyke Farm - Kirkhead End - Allithwaite - Kents Bank - Morecambe Bay - Grange-over-Sands
See this list of walks, routes & maps in:
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