Starting in the lakeside village of Grasmere, this circular climbs to a small tarn, a beautiful place to have lunch. Winding through trees to views of the valley, lakes & surrounding fells, take in history from miners & coffin-bearers. Steep in places.

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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

298 m

Drop

298 m

Highest

370 m

Lowest

64 m

Which way round

Clockwise

Anticlockwise

Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 1220 m early on, comes down 18% for 1150 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.3 km, climbs 18% for 1150 m midway, comes down 22% for 1220 m near the end.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 1.9–4.1, from 369 m to 65 m.

How the 5.4 km splits

Flat

1.0 km

Climbing

0.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.2 km

Descending

0.8 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.2 km

Very steep climb · 22% for 1220 m

km 0.5–1.7 · gains 265 m

Very steep descent · 18% for 1150 m

km 2.0–3.2 · drops 209 m

Steep descent · 15% for 320 m

km 3.3–3.6 · drops 47 m

Challenges on this walk

Grasmere and Rydal: Wordsworth's Two Houses

At km 4.0 · cultural

225 XP

Campsites near the start

YHA Grasmere Butharlyp Howe

0.2 km from the start · 4.5★ (355)

BaysBrown Farm Campsite

3.6 km from the start · 4.6★ (429)

Malcolm a Murphy

4 km from the start · 4.8★ (17)

Great Langdale Campsite

5.4 km from the start · 4.7★ (738)