Explore from Waterhead Walk, Windermere
Loop Walk · Lake District
150
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about 20 min walking
A short walk from Waterhead to Skelghyll Woods & Jenkins Field. Explore ancient woodlands, some of the tallest trees in Cumbria & visit a fantastic early summer garden, take in the views from Jenkins Crag, or paddle in Windermere. Steep & bumpy in places.
168 m
118 m
68 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
37 m
Drop
47 m
Highest
133 m
Lowest
80 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 230 m early on, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 16% for 230 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.2 km at 10%+, 0.2 km of it 15%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 0.7–1.3, from 133 m to 81 m.
How the 1.4 km splits
Flat
0.2 km
Climbing
0.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.2 km
Descending
0.7 km