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walks Trail information Hawkshead Hill From the Visitor Centre 0 2 High Cross 0 1 0 0 20 1 N Millwood Trail • • • Short trail: Grade: Easy 1 1km (0.75 miles), 45 mins 0 0 Guard2 against all risks of fire. 1 B5285 0 Protect and respect wildlife, Long trail: Grade: Moderate 1 60 plants 0and trees. 6 B5286 2.5km (1.5 miles), 1 hour 0 1 0 6 1 Keep dogs under control 0 A short introduction to the forest as you & tidy after them. 1 Hawkshead 6 0 Take your litter home. walk under the Go Ape course and Make no unnecessary noise. alongside some of the oldest trees at on Takenist only memories away. Grizedale (many over 100 years old). o Co T 0 t 0 4 8 1 1 0 Coniston 0 E Carron Crag Trail • • • s r Hawkshead Grade: Strenuous Moor t 5km (3 miles), 2 hours e 0 2 1 h W t Aim for the highest point in Grizedale 1 280 4 0 w a a (314m). See how many art works you can Goosey Foot a W t spot and enjoy a well-earned picnic at Tarn e i the top whilst enjoying panoramic views t n r of the Lake District. 280 e 120 o 0 t 6 2 0 From The Yan 6 1 Esthwaite Lodge s 0 8 Moor Top 1 Youth Hostel i Juniper Ridding Wood Trail • • • Tarn High Barn n High Grade: Easy access surfaced trail Man o 1.5 km (1 mile), 45 mins The shortest and easiest trail at Grizedale C 2 4 8 0 0 through some unusual and ornate trees 0 6 2 0 as well as beautiful oak woodland. 0 1 0 0 1 1 60 4 Brantwood 0 1 2 0 Grizedale Tarn Trail 0 6 80 • • • 1 0 2 2 Grade: Moderate 0 5.5km (3.5 miles), 2 hours 4 2 0 4 1 There are over twenty man-made tarns 26 20 Machell's 2 G r e e n l a n e in Grizedale. Discover Grizedale Tarn, the Coppice 1 9 4 0 0 only natural tarn in the forest. 2 Lawson Park 2 10 20 0 2 2 2 11 Silurian Way • • • Grade: Strenuous 24 2 240 2 27 0 16km (10 miles), 5 hours 33 1 4 0 25 0 28 0 34 2 The ultimate Grizedale walk! A grand 20 0 2 6 1 Grizedale 0 tour of the forest with many different 32 6 Visitor Centre 1 12 Grizedale 0 23 8 artworks and views along the way. 1 0 2 2 3 Tarn 20 0 0 1 2 0 8 3 1 8 High Dale 0 29 8 0 1 20 Park 0 Carron 6 0 1 From Bogle Crag car park 4 0 30 1 28 Crag 2 0 4 5 4 1 314m Bogle Crag Trail 0 • • • 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 31 2 0 6 1 Short trail: Grade: Moderate 0 6 1 7 0 2 4km (2.5 miles), 1½ hours 1 2 6 38 0 Long trail: Grade: Moderate 16 0 0 8 6 2 1 5km (3 miles), 2 hours 0 0 0 1 2 2 The iconic artwork ‘Taking a Wall for a 0 4 1 0 0 0 8 2 15 1 Walk’ by Andy Goldsworthy, created in 2 60 1990, is well worth a visit on this trail. 1 4 0 0 8 42 13 1 2 4 0 14 0 4 2 0 2 Bogle Crag 19 1 From Blind Lane car park 17 160 Grizedale Beck High Bowkerstead Trail • • • 1 Short trail: Grade: Strenuous 80 80 41 4km (2.5 miles), 1½ hours Farra 18 0 8 0 0 Grain 1 2 Long trail: Grade: Strenuous 0 4 Low Parkamoor 1 6.5km (4 miles), 2½ hours 0 6 1 A steep climb to a spectacular viewpoint. 0 0 4 0 1 1 20 0 4 0 2 2 See ‘Last Rays of an English Rose’ by 2 Keir Smith along the way. 0 Satterthwaite 20 21 0 1 60 20 3 00 0 8 1 From Machell's Coppice 0 6 2 4 0 car park 0 32 0 2 Discover Wood Moss 1 0 8 Machell's Coppice Trail Tarn1 • • • 1 60 0 0 Grade: Strenuous 3 Bowkerstead Low Dale Park 1 40 0 0 2.5km (1.5 miles), 1 hour 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 A short walk with views over Coniston 3 Go Ape at Grizedale 39 22 1 0 0 4 36 8 28 0 28 Water, the lake famous for the Bluebird 0 0 Grizedale has one of the highest 2 1 Go Ape courses in the country! Try water speed record. 200 38 37 Tree Top Adventure0 to experience0 00 0 8 2 3 2 1 8 0 0 8 Blind Lane high wires, tricky crossings and 1 100 Force35 zip wires and0 Forest Segway for a Key to map 8 2 Beck 0 0 8 6 different view2 of the forest. Booking Force Mills 0 is essential.0 Call 3 Cafe Forest track 2 8 1 6 0 0 0 Go Ape on 0843 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 6 Picnic area Bridleway 0 6 8 1 2 0 770 3908 or visit 26 Why not visit 1 20 0 Viewpoint Footpath 6 1 2 goape.co.uk0 6 0 6 0 0 2 2 Whinlatter Forest? 8 0 0 4 6 2 1 If you enjoyed Grizedale, take Waymarkers Camping Sculptures the time to visit Whinlatter, for more forest trails, views, Public 0 200 400 600 800 1km bridleway Walking Biking The North wildlife and Wildplay! trail trail Face bike 0 0.3 miles 0.6 miles forestry.gov.uk/ Public trail footpath whinlatter Follow us @ FCGrizedale Visit us on Facebook at Grizedale Forest.