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Visit Events Here is just a taste of what goes on year-round in our valley. For a full list of all events happening The in and around the Ullswater Valley please visit ullswater.com MAP & VISITOR GUIDE

Lowther Show Activities & Eating Out Self Catering Bed & Breakfast Caravanning, Sat 12 & Sun 13 August 2017 Taking place within the beautiful grounds of Lowther Absolute Escapes 1863 Bar Bistro Rooms 1863 Bar Bistro Rooms B1 Camping and Glamping Castle, this year’s Lowther Show will bring to you a full Things to Do E1 CA11 7YF 01768 892777 CA10 2NH 017684 86334 CA10 2NH 017684 86334 line-up of activity, which will include the Lowther Horse www.absolute-escapes.com www.1863ullswater.co.uk Gillside Farm Tourist Guides www.1863ullswater.co.uk C1 Carriage Driving Trials, Taste Cumbria Food & Beer Festival, CA11 0QQ 017684 82346 01539 740133 Beckside Farm Beech House the Lowther Fishing Island and the Lowther Hound Show. www.cumbriatouristguides.org Tea Room S17 B2 www.gillsidecaravanandcampingsite.co.uk E2 CA10 2NF 017684 86996 CA11 0PA 017684 82037 www.lowthershow.co.uk CA11 0JS 017684 82067 www.becksidefarm.co.uk www.beechhouse.com Hillcroft Park Distant Horizons UK Ltd www.nationaltrust.org.uk/aira-force C2 A1 CA10 2LT 017684 86363 Dog Day CA11 0JJ 017684 86465 Deepdale Hall 'The Byre' The Crown Inn www.hillcroftpark.co.uk Sat 26 August 2017 www.distant-horizons.co.uk Another Place, The Lake S2 B18 E18 CA11 0NR 017684 82369 CA10 2NP 017684 25869 Annual event with an open sheep dog trials competition, CA11 0LP 017684 86442 www.deepdalehall.co.uk www.thwaites.co.uk/crown-at-pooley-bridge Park Foot Pooley Bridge wrestling, dog competitions and much more. Eden Outdoor Adventures www.another.place C3 CA10 2NA 017684 86309 www.patterdaledogday.co.uk CA10 1AP 07525 653099 Elm How, Cruck Barn and Eagle Cottage Deepdale Hall Farmhouse www.parkfootullswater.co.uk www.edenoutdooradventures.co.uk Askham Hall & Café S3 B4 E3 CA11 0PU 07951 725727 CA11 0NR 017684 82369 Triathlon CA10 2PF 01931 712350 www.matsonground.co.uk www.deepdalehall.co.uk Patterdale Hall Estate - Sun 3 September 2017 Sailing & Activity Centre www.askhamhall.co.uk A3 Caravan and Motorhome Club CL One of the toughest triathlons in the world; swim in crystal CA11 0PE 017684 82541 C4 Flitch Cottage George & Dragon Clifton CA11 0PJ 017684 82308 www.glenriddingsailingcentre.co.uk Beckside Farm Café S18 B6 clear Ullswater; cycle the infamous “Struggle” to the top E4 CA10 2ER 01768 865 381 CA11 0RJ 017684 83368 www.patterdalehallestate.com of the (1489ft); run up and down Hellvellyn CA10 2NF 017684 86996 www.georgeanddragonclifton.co.uk Lakeland Boat Hire www.motherbyhouse.co.uk (3118ft). You must have this race in your triathlon portfolio! A4 www.becksidefarm.co.uk Side Farm Campsite C5 www.trihard.co.uk CA10 2NR 017684 86800 Hartsop Fold Holiday Lodges Glenridding House CA11 0NL 017684 82337 www.lakelandboathire.co.uk The Crown Inn Pooley Bridge S4 B7 E19 CA11 0NZ 07917 784977 CA11 0PH 017684 82874 www.patterdale.org/Side%20Farm.htm CA10 2NP 017684 25869 www.hartsop-fold.co.uk www.glenriddinghouse.com Ullswater Outdoor Festival NAV4 Adventure A5 www.thwaites.co.uk/crown-at-pooley-bridge The Quiet Site C6 Sat 23 September – Sun 1 October 2017 CA10 2PG 01931 712174 Helvellyn Cottage Lowthwaite B&B CA11 0LS 07768 727016 Fairlight Guest House S5 B9 www.nav4.co.uk E20 CA11 0QN 017684 82474 CA11 0LE 017684 82343 www.thequietsite.co.uk Nine days of guided walks, outdoor events and CA11 0PD 017684 82397 www.helvellyn-cottage.com www.lowthwaiteullswater.com Ullswater Holiday Park much more around ’s most beautiful lake. Nic’s Nordic Walking A6 www.fairlightguesthouse.co.uk C7 Meadow View Visit ullswater.com for the full line up. CA11 0QR 07976 949488 Hillcroft Park B10 CA11 0LR 017684 86666 S6 www.ullswaterholidaypark.co.uk www.nicsnordicwalks.co.uk Fellbites Cafe E6 CA10 2LT 017684 86363 CA10 2JF 07970 603622 www.ullswater.com CA11 0PD 017684 82781 www.meadowviewtirril.co.uk www.hillcroftpark.co.uk Waterfoot Park ullswater Quirky Workshops www.fellbitescafe.co.uk C8 A7 Mosscrag Guest House CA11 0JF 017684 86302 CA11 0UT 017684 83984 Gillside Farm (Bunkhouse and Caravans) Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay S7 B11 www.waterfootpark.co.uk www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk/workshops.htm George & Dragon Clifton E7 CA11 0QQ 017684 82346 CA11 0PA 017684 82500 Sun 1 October 2017 CA10 2ER 01768 865 381 www.gillsidecaravanandcampingsite.co.uk www.mosscrag.co.uk Annual mountain relay race from Sykeside Campsite in Reach Beyond Adventure www.georgeanddragonclifton.co.uk www.ullswater.com Motherby House Brotherswater to Patterdale. CA11 0RR 017684 83867 Keldas View Cottage B12 www.hbmr.org.uk Granny Dowbekins Tearooms S8 CA11 0RJ 017684 83368 Hotels www.reachbeyondadventure.co.uk E8 CA11 0QD 07736 814128 CA10 2NP 01768 486453 www.motherbyhouse.co.uk Another Place, The Lake www.keldasviewcottage.com H5 The Challenge Rod Ireland Photography www.grannydowbekins.co.uk CA11 0LP 017684 86442 A9 Sun Inn Pooley Bridge www.another.place Sun 22 October 2017 CA10 2PG 07982 421699 Patterdale Hall Estate B13 A 20 or 24 mile loop of the lake along the beautiful Helvellyn Country Kitchen E10 S9 CA10 2NN 017684 86205 www.rodireland.co.uk CA11 0PA 017684 82598 CA11 0PJ 017684 82308 Askham Hall & Café Ullswater Way - open to walkers or runners. How to Find Us www.suninnpooleybridge.co.uk H1 www.helvellynkitchen.co.uk www.patterdalehallestate.com www.nav4.co.uk Rookin House Equestrian CA10 2PF 01931 712350 For all its peace and tranquillity, the Ullswater A10 Pooley Bridge Inn www.askhamhall.co.uk & Activity Centre The Old Smithy Cottage B16 Inn on the Lake S20 CA10 2NN 017684 86215 Winter Droving Valley is surprisingly well connected. Located just E11 CA11 0SS 017684 83561 CA11 0PE 017684 82444 CA11 0PJ 07799 520206 www.pooleybridgeinn.co.uk Glenridding Hotel Sat 28 October 2017 5 miles from the M6 motorway (J40) and 3.5 hours www.theoldsmithyullswater.com H2 www.rookinhouse.co.uk www.lakedistricthotels.net/innonthelake CA11 0PB 017684 82228 A magical day of rural celebration, food, fun, games, by rail from London, it really is very accessible The Royal Hotel at Dockray www.glenriddinghotel.com The Quiet Site Cottages B17 masquerade and fi re in Penrith, Cumbria. from all over the UK and beyond. Ullswater Yacht Club A13 Pooley Bridge Inn S10 CA11 0JY 017684 82356 E17 www.winterdroving.uk CA10 2NA 017684 86333 CA10 2NN 017684 86215 CA11 0LS 07768 727016 www.the-royal-dockray.co.uk Inn on The Lake www.thequietsite.co.uk H3 www.ullswateryachtclub.org www.pooleybridgeinn.co.uk CA11 0PE 017684 82444 Christmas Market Ullswater Guest House www.lakedistricthotels.net/innonthelake B15 Sun 3 December 2017, 11am - 4pm Rookin House Equestrian Queen's Head Inn E12 S19 CA10 2NN 017684 86292 & Activity Centre Sharrow Bay Hotel A festive market in a beautiful setting, with stalls selling an CA10 2JF 01768 863219 www.ullswaterguesthouse.co.uk H4 Shopping www.queensheadinn.co.uk CA11 0SS 017684 83561 CA10 2LZ 017684 86301 array of local produce, crafts and seasonal gifts. www.rookinhouse.co.uk www.sharrowbay.co.uk www.askhamhall.co.uk 44 Catstycam: The Outdoor Shop R1 The Royal Hotel at Dockray 43 Glasgow M74 CARLISLE E18 2 Hours CA11 0PA 017684 82351 A74 CA11 0JY 017684 82356 Ullswater Holiday Park Eden Gifted Market 42 Newcastle S11 1.5 Hours www.catstycam.com www.the-royal-dockray.co.uk CA11 0LR 017684 86666 3rd Saturday of every month PENRITH Visitor Attractions Cumbria’s only regular artisan market when Penrith comes 41 PENRITH T M6 J40 www.ullswaterholidaypark.co.uk COCKERMOUTH 40 Glenridding Convenience Store M6 R6 Sharrow Bay Hotel Aira Force National Trust alive with stall holders selling the very best artisanal E13 V1 KESWICK CA11 0PA 017684 82221 CA10 2LZ 017684 86301 Ullswater House Self Catering produce that Cumbria has to off er, from freshly thrown WHITEHAVEN 39 Manchester S12 CA11 0JS 017684 82067 2 Hours www.sharmans.co.uk ULLSWATER www.sharrowbay.co.uk CA11 OPA 07734 852169 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/aira-force teapots to freshly baked scones! M6 www.glenridding.com www.giftededen.co.uk AMBLESIDE Birmingham Glenridding Gallery 38 R2 RAVENGLASS 3.5 Hours Side Farm Tea Room E14 Askham Hall & Café V2 CA11 0PA 07736 814 128 CA11 ONL 017684 82337 Ullswater View Cottage KENDAL S13 CA10 2PF 01931 712350 The World’s Original Marmalade Awards OXENHOLME 37 M1 London www.glenriddinggallery.co.uk www.patterdale.org/Side%20Farm.htm M5 CA11 0QH 07515 125025 or 01539 726458 5 Hours www.askhamhall.co.uk and Festival 36 www.ullswaterview.com Dalemain and Penrith Town Centre Luiza Oliver Hairdressing & Beauty Sun Inn Pooley Bridge R4 E15 Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens Sat 17 & Sun 18 March 2018 CA11 0PA 07778 501546 V3 CA10 2NN 017684 86205 Waterfoot Park CA11 0HB 017684 86450 A celebration of all things Marmalade at Dalemain Mansion www.luizaoliver.co.uk www.suninnpooleybridge.co.uk S14 CA11 0JF 017684 86302 www.dalemain.com and in Penrith. A packed weekend of events for all the family. Weather Patterdale Village Store www.waterfootpark.co.uk www.dalemain.com Forecast available on Lake District Weather line: R8 The Glenridding Hotel E16 Friends of the Ullswater Way 0844 846 2444 or www.lakedistrictweatherline.co.uk Calls CA11 0NW 017684 82220 CA11 0PB 017684 82228 Waternook Lakeside Accommodation www.ullswaterway.co.uk www.patterdalevillagestore.co.uk www.theglenriddinghotel.com S15 cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge. CA10 2ND 07709 098507 Daff Fest 2018 www.waternookonullswater.com Spring 2018 Public Transport Rheged Centre R9 Lowther Castle & Gardens V4 Bus Service 508 runs from Penrith to Patterdale, open top CA11 0DQ 01768 868000 Wordsworth Cottage & Barn CA10 2HH 01931 712192 A colourful series of events around the Ullswater service at peak time. www.rheged.com S16 Tourist Information CA11 0NP 07761 144427 www.lowthercastle.org Valley that invites everyone, both young and old, Visit www.stagecoachbus.com or www.travelline.info www.wordsworthcottage.co.uk to delight in daff odils and enjoy spring time just Ullswater 'Steamers' Gift Shop and R5 Penrith TIC Rheged Centre T1 V5 Information Centre CA11 7PT 01768 867466 CA11 0DQ 01768 868000 as our local literary greats once did. Cumbria CA10 2NW 017684 86135 www.visiteden.co.uk www.rheged.com www.ullswater.com Local Enterprise www.lakedistrictestates.co.uk For more information FUNDING PARTNERS Partnership Ullswater 'Steamers' Pooley Bridge TIC V6 The Alpaca Centre T3 CA11 0US 017684 82229 The Daff odil Run R7 CA10 2NW 017684 86135 CA11 0ES 01768 891440 www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk Sat 25 March 2018 www.visiteden.co.uk ullswater.com A fabulous route running from Pooley Bridge to Hallin Fall www.thealpacaclothingco.co.uk The Wire Studio V8 and back. Run or walk the 20km / 13 miles on good trails Ullswater Information Centre with wonderful scenery to the spectacular view point of T2 CA11 0JY 017684 82356 CA11 0PD 07769 956144 www.michellecastles.co.uk Hallin . Connect with us at Walked the Ullswater Way? www.visiteden.co.uk www.nav4.co.uk Claim your free pin badge from these businesses. www.ullswater.com Lots to see and do A7 T1 PENRITH Walk the

BY BIKE With lots of lovely biking routes around Ullswater Way Welcome to B12 S18 Ullswater the Ullswater Valley, don’t miss a pedal V5 R9 up High Street for breathtaking views across the lake or stop off to recharge and refuel on a C2C cycle challenge. The Ullswater Way is a stunning 20 mile walking route FOR WALKERS R7 Discover a plethora of iconic Lakeland around Ullswater. walks, from the idyllic The route can be walked in lakeshore path to Helvellyn and its infamous Striding Edge, there’s either direction and from any starting something for all ages and experience. Thomas point. Why not walk the route in shorter V3 B10 E12 For routes try visiteden.co.uk Clarkson E7 B6 sections, using an open top bus or Memorial Plaque “Steamer” to start your journey! ON THE WATER On a wall near Eusemere, Enjoy Ullswater’s iconic and this plaque commemorates the crucial role played by Thomas memorable views with a trip on the Pooley Bridge to Aira Force celebrated Ullswater ‘Steamers’. Clarkson in the abolition of the slave trade. He lived here for From Pooley Bridge the Ullswater Way takes you on paths Alternatively, learn to sail, hire a rowing 10 years and this memorial boat or go on a guided canoe through woodland and fi elds to Maiden Castle. Once a A10 S19 takes its inspiration from the adventure from various locations emblem of The Society for defended settlement, it is now hidden by grass, but from around the lake! the Abolition of the this raised vantage point you have spectacular views down Slave Trade. the Ullswater Valley, and also to the Pennines to the east SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Pooley Bridge and to the north. Just 3.5 hours by train from London C8 S14 R5 E19 Fish Monument will put you 5 miles from the Ullswater The Way continues on to Bennethead and then on quiet T3 E8 E1 B1 S6 C2 The Fish Monument is a V4 Valley. Use the local bus network or reminder that Pooley Bridge roads, or through fi elds, towards the beautifully situated V6 A4 B16 E15 B13 B15 B18 E17 hire an electric car (Twizy) from one began as a fi shing village. It stands Church before leaving the road to join a track of three locations around the valley to on the site of a similar one built H1 E3 V2 help you get around. B9 in the 12th century to celebrate through the quiet woods of Swinburn Park (once one of fi ve King John granting the right A9 A5 medieval deer parks surrounding Ullswater). to hold a fi sh market in the VISITOR ATTRACTIONS C6 S10 village square. E18 H5 Option: Leaving the woods there is a choice of paths: walk AND SHOPS round and over the summit of Gowbarrow to enter the C3 With three leading Cumbrian upper reaches of Aira Force, or continue along the path attractions in the valley, a surprisingly S11 C7 shouldering Gowbarrow, where the views open to the whole diverse range of shops in the area and numerous other things to do and Roman Seat of Ullswater and the rising mountains ahead. Take a rest places to see, you’ll never have a dull A13 Sheep shelters, burial on Memorial Seat and enjoy the panorama from this grand moment. mounds, dry-stone walls balcony. In the distance you will see Lyulph’s Tower – a Welcome to Ullswater, a glorious Cumbrian treasure and ancient stone circles. sixteenth century castellated tower, before reaching the Barton Fell has them all, and EAT AND SLEEP E13 H4 now, just below the 2000 year- spectacular waterfalls of Aira Force. From pub grub to Michelin-starred old Roman Road is a curved nestled on the eastern fringes of the Lake District restaurants, from bunk houses to A1 stone seat, with fi ne views B17 Aira Force to Glenridding E18 over the lakes and . boutique luxury hotels and self- V8 catering – we’ve got it covered. ULLSWATER WAY This section includes the magnifi cent waterfalls at Aira. Allow National Park, adjacent to the tranquil Eden Valley and Dorothy time to explore the paths through the old woodlands and Gate landscaped glades before reaching the spectacular stone just a short drive from the M6 motorway. A celebration of Dorothy arch bridge spanning the 65 foot waterfall. Wordsworth’s writing and her NEW for 2017 infl uence on brother William’s The Way now passes through the ancient woodland of Forget bright lights and tourist hot spots, poetry. Carved on the gate are The Sitting The Ullswater Way Glencoyne Deer Park. Most famously, Glencoyne Wood was the Ullswater Valley is a haven of peace and Dorothy’s own words from her Stone journal, describing the daff odils the place where, in 1802, William and Dorothy Wordsworth tranquillity – a must for walkers, water-lovers E2 V1 Heritage Trail they had seen along the S15 described saw daff odils by the lakeshore. The encounter is described lakeshore near this spot. V6 Ullswater as “that loveliest of The Ullswater Way Heritage Trail celebrates and those looking to escape the daily grind. V6 E4 S17 in detail in a celebrated entry in Dorothy’s Grasmere Journal lakes, curving gracefully into the the history and heritage of the valley via a far distance”. This Sitting Stone, and inspired to write his most famous series of environmentally-sensitive artistic carved with Wainwright’s words poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud, That fl oats on high o’er Ullswater itself is of course the main attraction. invites walkers to pause a while installations and information points along the and take in the beautiful route. The trail is the inspiration of The Friends vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of Surrounded by gently rolling countryside at form of this “loveliest of of the Ullswater Way - a group of residents golden daff odils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, the northern end around Pooley Bridge, a trip lakes”. from Ullswater’s fi ve parishes who came Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” KathleeniRaine together in 2016 united by a love and deep south down the lakeshore gives way to sheer Poetry Stones respect for the valley and its stories. At Glencoyne, cross the road to join a web of paths fellsides that drop away into the water below, meandering beside Ullswater, where you can stop In a small clearing in magical Find out more at www.ullswaterway.co.uk culminating in the majesty of England’s third and admire the view down the lake before arriving in Hallinhag Wood lie the Poetry highest mountain, Helvellyn. Stones. The lines inscribed on Glenridding. Please take care – there is a 100m section along the three rocks are from two poems by Kathleen Raine, the side of the A592. a resident of Martindale Keys Whether your visit is an annual holiday, a short A6 during the 1940s. R Glenridding to Howtown break or just an escape for the day, Ullswater Retail Shopping The Ullswater Way now weaves its way with the road, has a surprisingly diverse range of activities, S13 T2 A3 E11 E H3 Eating Out S5 S7 E6 E16 V6 but on good paths and clear crossings. The route passes places to stay, visit, eat and shop – many of S3 A King George V playing fi elds – named “the prettiest fi eld B11 B7 E20 S8 S12 H2 C5 Activities & Things to do which can be found in this leafl et. However in England” by William Wordsworth, before crossing the E10 R1 B2 C1 R6 R4 R2 S9 V for more comprehensive information on our S20 Celebrate Visitor Attractions open valley to Side Farm and heading back northwards C4 beautiful area, visit ullswater.com E14 Walking the Ullswater Way H along and above the shores of Ullswater. This section of Hotel Accommodation path, described by Wainwright as “the most beautiful and S16 Take a selfi e on each of the four ‘legs’ of the Ullswater Way B R8 Bed & Breakfast Accommodation rewarding walk in Lakeland” undulates through woodland near a branded Ullswater Way signpost, show any local and open fell giving stunning views over Ullswater and business with a daff odil logo next to their name overleaf S Self Catering Accommodation its islands. The Way passes through the little hamlet of and claim your free ‘I’ve walked the Ullswater Way’ C pin badge. Don’t forget to share them on social media Caravan and Camping Sites Sandwick to reach Howtown and the Steamer pier. Alfred #ullswaterway Wainwright & ‘Steamer’ Pier Howtown to Pooley Bridge Patterdale Post Offi ce Footpaths Undulating walk through farm land and open fell. Please In 1955, Alfred Wainwright took his newly-published guide, The Eastern take care: there is a 500m section on the road from Cross S2 B4 --- Coast To Coast Footpath Fells, to Patterdale Post Offi ce shop Dormont to Waterside House. Just beyond Howtown, the and asked the then owner, Mr. Dawson to sell it. Mr. Dawson agreed Ullswater Way Way takes you up onto the moorland edge with extensive and became the fi rst shop to sell --- Pooley Bridge to Aira Force UW1 views over Ullswater. copies of Wainwright’s fi rst guidebook to the fells. --- Aira Force to Glenridding UW2 Option: At Swarthbeck, choose to continue on the open S4 --- Glenridding to Howtown UW3 moorland to reach the Cockpit – an impressive large stone --- Howtown to Pooley Bridge UW4 circle, before descending on a wide track to join a road leading into Pooley Bridge. Or, alternatively you can take COAST TO COAST FOOTPATH This map is for illustration and location identity a lower path which takes you through farm land and past purposes only and should not be used for navigation on the fells. The Ullswater Association recommends using farmhouses to reach the Howtown road at Cross Dormont. the relevant Ordnance Survey map for the area. All details correct at time of going to press and are given The path then takes you through a working sheep farm and Have a wonderful visit - just don’t tell everyone… in good faith. Check at Tourist Information offi ces. campsite following the water’s edge round to Pooley Bridge.