8 hikes around the most enchanting part of the Lake District.
Hiking Moderate, Severe, Extreme
The Lake District is the UK’s most popular national park—15 million visitors a year come to ramble across boggy fells and scramble up craggy hilltops. It has a powerful landscape, with a rich palette of reds, greens, browns, and blues, and elements that hang together like a melody. The scenery almost calls you to feel the crisp breeze from the top of a peak or to plunge into a lake and become fully immersed in your surroundings.
Nestled in the national park is Keswick, a traditional market town with the tranquil Derwentwater on one side and a ring of mountains on the other, making it a perfect base for outdoor adventurers. Here are 10 terrific hikes in easy reach of Kessik, to get you out there exploring the Lakes.
Sources https://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/things-to-do/walking https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/28/top-10-walks-lake-district
For one of the best short routes in the north Lakes combine the charismatic mini mountain Cat Bells with a ramble along the wooded west side of Derwentwater - perhaps the most picturesque shoreline in England.
Moderate Hiking
This northernmost summit of the Blencathra range has a hidden scenic corner, the high glacial bowl of Bowscale Tarn.
Moderate Hiking
The pleasure found on the hills that cradle Coledale in their lap will satisfy even the greediest of hill gluttons.
Severe Hiking
A less-trodden ascent to Blencathra.
Severe Hiking
For a completely different day out head round to the hill's wilder northeastern side, where the wide open spaces of the Skiddaw Forest have plenty to offer lovers of remote country.
Moderate Hiking
Blencathra is not only one of the oldest mountains in Lakeland, it’s one of the finest too.
Extreme Hiking
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