The Wray Castle to Latterbarrow Walk, Wray Castle
Loop Walk · Lake District
300
XP
about 1 h 47 min walking
Starting and finishing at the Castle at Wray, this route through fields and woodland offers rewarding Lakes views without the big fell climb. Though there are climbs, including to the summit of Latterbarrow, road sections and descents.
255 m
147 m
39 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Climb
204 m
Drop
217 m
Highest
240 m
Lowest
44 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 3.5 km, climbs 17% for 380 m midway, comes down 15% for 920 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 920 m early on, comes down 17% for 380 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 4.9–6.8, from 239 m to 44 m.
How the 7.2 km splits
Flat
1.7 km
Climbing
2.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
1.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.1 km
Link it with other walks
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Epley Head Waymarked Walk, Wray Castle
Starts here too · Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.71.79 km
Ash Landing and Claife Heights Windermere Walk, Claife Viewing Station
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 5.413.1 km
Windermere West Shore Walk, Claife Viewing Station
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.57.04 km
Watbarrow Wood Waymarked Walk, Wray Castle
Starts here too · Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.01.06 km