ESSENTIAL INFO HIGH FELL Grade: Easy walk on good paths Distance: 6 miles Allow: 3.5 hours plus any stops Start/Finish: Elterwater National Trust Car Park, OS Grid Ref: GR 328 047 Maps: Explorer OL6 & OL7 Parking: Elterwater National Trust Car Park THE CUMBRIA Public transport: Langdale Rambler, Bus Service 516, Ambleside-Dungeon Ghyll LANDSCAPE STORY Facilities: WCs, shops, pubs in Elterwater and Chapel Stile. Several pubs also en-route Equipment: Sturdy footwear, waterproofs and light refreshments THE GREAT LANGDALE THE GREAT LANGDALE LANDSCAPE AUDIO TRAIL LANDSCAPE AUDIO TRAIL This audio trail is part of Cumbria Contact: Cumbria’s fells have been shaped by wildlife-rich hay meadows of days Wildlife Trust’s oral history project: Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Plumgarths man for thousands of years, but the gone by. Listen to the memories and High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Crook Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8LX period after World War II was a time of stories of the people who remember Story. Visit the High Fell website to find radical change, which influenced the the landscape, its wildlife, and the Tel: 01539 816 300 out about the project. Email:
[email protected] landscape we see today. transformations that have taken place www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/ Registered charity no.218711 since the 1940s. highfellstory This audio trail will guide you through the history of the Great Langdale Download the audio trail MP3 files or landscape. You’ll learn about the transcript from the High Fell website: revolution in farming, explore traditional www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/ woodland practices, and discover the highfellstory/walk 4 Designed by www.fluiddesignstudio.com 1 ROUTE DIRECTIONS GREAT LANGDALE Listen to the audio tracks as you follow the map along the walk route.