Lake District Walking Holiday
Misty fells, mirrored lakes, and cosy country pubs — England's most beautiful national park on foot.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1
Windermere
Arrive & Orrest Head viewpoint walk
Windermere
Lake Windermere cruise
Bowness Pier
Lunch at The Drunken Duck
Barngates
Hill Top (Beatrix Potter's house)
Near Sawrey
Dinner in Ambleside
Ambleside
Day 2
Grasmere
Helm Crag hike (the Lion & the Lamb)
Grasmere
Grasmere gingerbread
Grasmere
Lunch at The Jumble Room
Grasmere
Wordsworth's Dove Cottage
Grasmere
Rydal Water walk
Rydal
Day 3
Keswick
Catbells ridge walk
Derwentwater
Derwentwater lake swim
Derwentwater
Lunch in Keswick
Keswick Market Square
Castlerigg Stone Circle
Castlerigg
Whinlatter Forest walk
Whinlatter
Day 4
Ullswater
Helvellyn via Striding Edge (advanced)
Glenridding
Ullswater Steamer boat
Glenridding Pier
Aira Force waterfall walk
Aira Force
Farewell cream tea
Pooley Bridge
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