The Ullswater Way
Loop Walk · Lake District
1,000
XP
a 2-day route
675 m
375 m
75 m
Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
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
817 m
Drop
819 m
Highest
466 m
Lowest
145 m
Walking time
about 8 h 10 min
A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 24% for 700 m early on, comes down 16% for 410 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 12.5 km, climbs 16% for 410 m near the end, comes down 24% for 700 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 1.7–4.7, from 162 m to 466 m.
How the 34.0 km splits
Flat
13.2 km
Climbing
9.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
9.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.9 km
Link it with other walks
Aira Force and Gowbarrow Park Trail, Ullswater Valley
Shares 2.8 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 3.0, 3.16.77 km
Aira Force to Glencoyne Trail, Ullswater Valley
Starts here too · Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 32.72.06 km
Eamont Way
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 12.78.9 km
Patterdale and Glenamara Park Trail, Ullswater Valley
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 29.52.79 km
Aira Force Glencoyne Farm Trail, Ullswater Valley
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 32.32.91 km