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| Lake District Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Coniston in the English Lake District Coniston in the English Lake District http://guide.supereva.it/scienze_della_terra/interventi/2002/10/121765.shtml The m6 motorway, which slices through the North West region from the West Midlands to the Scottish borders, brings an ever growing stream from the south to enjoy it's beauty. The road up Langdale from Ambleside, passing through Elterwater and Langdale villages, is one of the classic roads of the Lake District tour, culminating in the impressive view of the Langdale pikes accross Blea Tarn. The main peaks - Pike o'stickle, Harrison Stickle, Loft Crag and Peveey Ark- are all above 2000 feet (600m) but in their solitude, they seem much higher. This view of Derwentwater emphasizes one of the great charms of the Lake District. Derwentwater is claimed by many to be the most beautiful of the lakes in England. For this lake, three miles long and one mile wide, is surrounded by rich scenery, a wonderful blending of crag, green fell and wooded slopes with an imposing background of mountains. Two of the major islands are the, now National Trust property owned, Lord's Island, and the St. Herberts Islands, where a a disciple of St. Cuberth lived in the seventh century. By car there are two main entrances to the heart of the Lake district: south from Kendal to Windermere (M6 J36), and north from Penrith to Keswick (M6 J40/A66). Expect fairly heavy traffic around both areas during Summer months especially July to September when the schools are on holiday. The Lake District is at its nicest when you walk alongside the hills, just at the border of the farmland and the moors, the view changes from moment to moment, and you encounter all kind of plants, animals, streams, stone walls. If you are insistent to climb the hills, as a start, I recommend, the Old Man of Coniston near Coniston in the south, or Catbells near Keswick in the north. They have nice views and can be reached easily. The real work is done at Scafell Pike, the highest hill in the lake district and the horseshoe range north of it, and the two ridges that run north south; Helvellyn, and High Street. But really, if you like wide views, and a bit of peace and quiet, I would go to the Yorkshire Dales, Derbyshire Peaks, or Cheviot Hills. __________Sights Edit This [Add Sight] Helvellyn Edit This This is the second of the three Lake District mountains over 3,000 feet. Even so, if popularity depended on the nature of the top, few would come here except for the view. This is as full and uninterrupted as any in the whole area. However Helvellyn has something which renders the walk itself an attractive mountain outing, this being the ridges of Striding and Swirrel Edge. The walk up by Striding Edge and back by Swirrel Edge from/to Glenridding attracts masses of walkers and scramblers. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] openingHours: h Scafell Pike Edit This The highest point of England, although lower than the summits of Scotland and Wales, is somewhat harder to reach. Ben Nevis has a tourist path which is very straightforward in summer conditions and Snowdon has a train. Scafell Pike on the other hand is relatively remote from any valley base and requires a modicum of navigational expertise. The correct name for the fell is really Scafell Pikes and this plurality hints at the problems. The approach from Langdale or Borrowdale via Esk Hause involves the traverse of the bouldery and bumpy shoulders of Broad Crag and Ill Crag two of more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Pillar Edit This Pillar is a justifiably popular hill. The northern side is craggy and carries the pinnacle of Pillar Rock which is sufficiently separated from the parent peak to feature in most lists of Lakeland two-thousanders although not in the Marilyn list. The best route on Pillar is undoubtedly the traverse which contours along the northern side of the hill to Robinson's cairn and hence through dramatic rocky terrain to the col between Pillar Rock and the main summit. Pillar Rock itself is a 'moderate' rock climb by the easiest route and not advisable for unroped scramblers. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] High Stile Edit This High Stile is the highest top of the long ridge which runs along the south side of Buttermere. The eastern end of this ridge above Scarth Gap is steep and stony and unpleasant. A far better ascent can be made by way of Sheepbone Rake on the north face of High Crag. Another pleasant way up is by the north-east ridge of High Stile itself although this has the disadvantage of making it inconvenient to walk all this lovely ridge. The first picture is taken from the lower reaches of this ridge and the second from the summit looking westwards towards Red Pike. Most walkers will more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Loughrigg Fell Edit This Loughrigg Fell is one of the gentlest and most loved hills in the Lake District. The Loughrigg Terrace which traverses the hill above Rydal Water is one of the easiest and most rewarding strolls in the area. The summit is surprisingly rough though and surprisingly confusing and the ascent should not be treated with contempt. You may guess from all this that I have been lost on this hill which is quite true. In thick mist and torrential rain I not only failed to locate the trig point but came down in completely the wrong place. Save it for a good day anyway. It's worth it for the more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Great Gable Edit This Great Gable is one of the most striking and most popular mountains in the Lake District. These two pictures show it in very different moods. The first shows the eastern slopes of the mountain as seen from Sprinkling Tarn. This steep ridge, which actually rises from Styhead, the popular pass between Borrowdale and Wasdale, is probably the most frequently used route up the mountain. These dreadfully eroded slopes have recently been repaired by the National Trust, who own the mountain and have laid a pitched path through the scree. The second picture shows the view down into Wasdale more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Kirk Fell Edit This Kirk Fell suffers from its situation between Great Gable and Pillar which are both higher and finer fells. It is indeed unlikely to be ascended on its own but can be conveniently combined with Great Gable, the traverse from one to the other via Beck Head incorporating some steep ground and easy scrambling. The picture below, taken from Dore Head, shows Kirk Fell in front with the top of Great Gable behind in cloud. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] High Raise Edit This The Langdale Pikes are some of the best known and most popular hills in the Lake District. Their familiar profile, seen across Windermere, is the first glimpse of the high hills for visitors coming in from the south. Unfortunately for the Marilyn bagger shapely Pike o' Stickle and Harrison Stickle, which overlook the Langdale valley, are topped, with very little intervening drop, by High Raise which is a boring grassy lump of a hill. It might claim distinction as perhaps the most central fell in the Lake District and it boasts the memorable height of 2500 feet which places it more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Pike o' Blisco Edit This Pike o' Blisco is often incorporated into a long and rewarding circuit around the head of Langdale taking in Crinkle Crags, Bowfell and perhaps Rossett Pike and the Langdale Pikes as well. It is equally enjoyable as a short walk on its own. We went up the path above Brown Gill and hence up Pike o' Blisco from the back. This route gives superb views of the Langdale Pikes as shown in the picture above. The second picture was taken at the summit looking to Bowfell, one of Lakeland's finest mountains which oddly does not have enough reascent all round to enter the Marilyn list. more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Seatallan Edit This Seatallan is not one of the most popular Lakeland Fells. Once one has made the long journey round to Wasdale there are much finer hills to climb. Basically it is a boring grassy lump but an interesting way up can be found over Buckbarrow. Although Wainwright makes this a separate fell, it is really only the end of Seatallan's long south ridge. It gives fine views of Wasdale, as the first picture illustrates. The second shot shows the marked contrast on the south ridge itself, with Black Combe in the distance. The flat top has a trig point and an ancient cairn and unfortunately an more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Illgill Head Edit This The northern slopes of Illgill Head form the spectacular Wastwater screes which sweep down from the summit into the lake and make this one of the most photographed hills in the Lake District. The summit in contrast is flat and grassy and the best views of course are downwards. For my reascent I left Keswick on a beautiful morning but by the time I reached Wastwater, mist was swirling around the top of the ridge as shown in the pictures above. Undeterred I climbed up beside the deep gorge of Greathall Gill and onto the summit of Whin Rigg, the western outlier of Illgill Head. This more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Hard Knott Edit This Hard Knott was the hill on which we completed our collection of all the 214 Lakeland Fells described in Wainwright's seven guidebooks. We camped on the banks of Lingcove Beck and went up to the summit for sunset as shown in the first picture. More recently we combined it in a splendid circuit from Brotherilkeld in Eskdale, first climbing Harter Fell and then crossing the road at the top of the Hard Knott pass. From here it is an easy climb to the summit of Hard Knott. The second picture shows the magnificent view of the Scafells from here. We came down over Border End to the more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Mellbreak Edit This Mellbreak is a rather isolated fell on the southern side of Crummock Water as shown in the first picture which is taken from the lower slopes of Low Fell. It is a steep hill on every side and the best walk is probably to scramble up the western end and to come down the gentler east ridge with superb views into the heart of the western fells as shown in the second picture. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Lingmoor Fell Edit This Langdale is best known for the Langdale Pikes which dominate the northern side of this beautiful valley. Less striking and less frequented is Lingmoor Fell, whose ridge forms the southern side of the dale. We climbed up from the west end of the ridge onto Side Pike, which is an unexpected snare for the uninitiated. Direct continuation along the ridge to Lingmoor involves the descent of a near vertical cliff, so the wise walker will backtrack and skirt the south side of this obstacle. The first picture shows Side Pike and the Langdale Pikes from the west ridge of Lingmoor Fell. more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Dent Edit This Dent, which originally appeared in the Marilyn list with the name Long Barrow, is one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells and is also traversed by his now exceedingly popular Coast to Coast walk. It lies on the extreme western fringe of Lakeland, giving a splendid distant prospect of the western fells as well as a seaward one across the Solway. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Blencathra [aka Saddleback] Edit This This is one of the most northern mountains in the area to the east of Skiddaw and much more interestingly shaped, although it falls just short of the magic 3,ooo feet achieved by its neighbour. As you approach from the south a fine overall view can be obtained from Castlerigg Stone Circle. Two particularly good walks are the [fairly rapid] direct ascent to Halls Fell Top in the centre, the highest point, and the longer and harder route away to the right and up Sharp Edge, an interesting scramble. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] __________Things to do Edit This Activities in the Lake District stretch beyond walking and climbing. As might be expected water-based activities are common and the larger lakes are often almost crowded with canoes, rowing and motor boats, saling and [Lake Windermere only] water skiing. A number of providers of activities can be found starting at http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/activities/activities_main.shtml ::::::::Bowness Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see More properly called Bowness-on-Windermere, this is a town developed as a tourist centre in Victorian times when it became the nearest railway stop to Lake Windermere itself. It is a sprawling and not wildly attractive town but it provides a Steamboat Museum, a quay for boat trips on the lake and one terminal for the only car ferry across a lake in the National Park area. http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/winsteam.htm ________Sights Edit This About a mile and a half south of Bowness is the house called Blackwell, designed by Bailley Scott of the Arts and Crafts Movement at the very end of the 19th century. It has recently been opened to the public and furnished in keeping with the Arts and Crafts period. http://www.blackwell.org.uk/ ________Museums Edit This The Steamboat Museum claims the oldest mechanically powered boat in the world, with its engine still in working order. This is part of a highly interesting collection. http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/winsteam.htm :::::::::Coniston Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see photo The village of Coniston is situated in the south of the Lake District on Coniston Water, a truly beautiful lake, unfortunately best known for the death of Donald Campbell when attempting a new water speed record. The Coniston Fells are fairly separate as a group from the rest of Lakeland but anybody who only makes the ascent of Coniston Old Man direct is missing one of the really scenic Lakeland routes. Go by Goat's Water and Dow Crag and then round to the Old Man. Finally follow the ridge to Wetherlam. On the eastern side of Coniston Water is Grizedale Forest where the Forestry Commission has arranged some good trails and immediately opposite to Coniston is Brantwood where John Ruskin lived. [See 'sights'] There is also a John Ruskin Museum in the village. The popular beauty spot of Tarn Hows is easily accessible from the village. http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/townsvillagers/coniston/coniston_main.html _______Sights Edit This It seems odd that in a district with so many natural lakes people should flock to see an artificial tarn [small lake] but Tarn Hows, owned by the National Trust, is one of lakeland's most popular views. The roads are so narrow that they have become one-way and there is an easy walk around the tarn, which is surrounded by peaks. http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/attractions/attractions_pages/various_forests_parks.html _______Museums Edit This John Ruskin, who died in 1900, was a man defined by Tolstoy as great by the standard of all nations at all times. The Oxford College named after him has enabled many people from working class backgrounds to get a fine education and many of them have progressed to become famous. He was himself a professor of fine art at Oxford before living at Brantwood, across the lake from Coniston village. The John Ruskin Museum in the village not only has various works of art by Ruskin but ancient remains from the area and specimens of the local cottage industry in lace and linen. ::::::::Glenridding Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Glenridding lies on the A592 from Windermere to Penrith at the southern end of Ullswater. For some its main attraction is as an embarcation point for lake steamers. For many however it is the starting point for walks up Helvellyn via Striding Edge, a short but narrow and impressive ridge. http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/townsvillagers/glenridding/glenridding_main.html :::::::: Grasmere Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Grasmere is an attractive village situated at roughly the geographical centre of the Lake District. It is of particular interest to fans of the poet, William Wordsworth who went to live in Dove Cottage for about eight years before and after his marriage until eventually increased family size made it too small. The Website for Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum is www.wordsworth.org.uk :::::::Hawkshead Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see This is one of the prettiest villages in the Lake District, well known for associations with the English poet, William Wordsworth and for the Beatrix Potter buildings. The village itself has very picturesque houses and it is as good as anywhere to book for your first visit to the district as long as you will have a car. Public transport is very limited. http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/townsvillagers/hawkshead/hawkshead_main.html ::::::Ravenglass Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Ravenglass is the only village in the national park, which lies on the Cumbrian Coast. The shingle beach is pleasant though not outstanding. The village is, however, the terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale preserved steam railway, Eskdale being one of the really lovely Lake Distict valleys and a good access point for Scafell Pike, the highest point in England. Muncaster Water Mill is also close to the village as is Muncaster Castle. |