Ullswater Way Map and Guide

The Ullswater Way General Information Ullswater Information Centre: 0845 901 0845 (calls cost 2p per is a stunning 20 minute plus your phone company’s access charge) www.lakedistrict.gov.uk mile walking route Linking Buses Bus service 508 runs from Penrith to Patterdale, open top service at around Ullswater. peak time. details at www.stagecoachbus.com or www.travelline.info The route can be Ullswater Steamers 017684 82229 www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk walked in either Weather Forecast available on Lake District Weatherline: 0844 846 2444 direction and (calls cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge) www.lakedistrictweatherline.co.uk from any starting Accommodation, activities and attractions point. Why not For more information on the Ullswater Way, including detailed route descriptions and accommodation and attractions in the local area walk the route in visit www.ullswater.com Walking shorter sections, This map is not to scale. The route is well waymarked, but please also take a detailed map with you. Mobile phone signal can be using an open top limited in the Ullswater Valley. There can be changing weather conditions – please wear bus or steamer to appropriate clothing and footwear. In case of emergency please call 999. Ask for Police and start your journey! Mountain Rescue.

WALK AROUND “England’s most beautiful lake” ullswater USING BUSES AND BOATS

Catstycam The Outdoor Shop 1 Beckside Farm 6 Ullswater ‘Steamers’ k Based in Glenridding we have an Open daily from 11am the tearoom is Ullswater “Steamers” are an award excellent range of outdoor clothing, situated halfway between Howtown winning attraction sailing on England’s equipment and footwear to suit & Patterdale. Come inside for coffee & most beautiful lake since 1859; providing everyone who enjoys the hills around homemade cake, or join us for lunch the perfect opportunity to combine a Ullswater, from first time walkers to overlooking the lake. cruise with the most spectacular walking seasoned hikers. Tel: 017684 82351 routes in the National Park.

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Coogarth 2 Howtown Hotel, Cottages 7 Reach beyond Adventure l Relax and unwind in beautiful and Tearoom Adventure activities in the Ullswater Martindale. Sleeps 5-6. Open fire and 200 yards from Howtown Pier; Valley. Canoeing, ghyll scrambling, central heating! Children welcome, Howtown Hotel, Cottages and Tearoom climbing, abseiling, archery, bushcraft, large private enclosed garden with are the perfect place to stop off from & wild camping. Perfect for individuals, fantastic views, superb walking direct your travels, relax, enjoy the scenery families & groups. What’s your next from house. and revel in the hospitality we offer. adventure? Tel: 017684 83867  www.coogarth.com   www.howtown-hotel.com   www.reachbeyondadventure.co.uk

Patterdale Hall Estate 3 Inn on the Lake Hotel 8 The Quiet Site m Self-catering accommodation on a wonderful This hotel boasts a beautiful setting Split the Ullswater Way walk with private estate wrapped around the southern with 15 acres of grounds sweeping a stay in one of our Pods or Hobbit tip of Ullswater. Private foreshore, amazing down to private lakeshore. Offering Holes. We organise your parking and views, great accommodation, perfectly superb food and service in our Lake overnight accommodation leaving located for walking, relaxing and touring the View Restaurant, Lounges, Orangery you to enjoy the walk Lake District. or Candleroom.

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Sharrowbay Hotel 4 Rookin House Equestrian 9 Side Farm Tea Room n The original Country House Hotel, and Activity Centre and Campsite nestled between the mountains Activities on offer 4 miles from Ullswater Pop in for tea and cake or why not and the shores of Ullswater with include Horse Riding, Clay Shooting, Air break your circuit of the lake with a unmatched views towards Helvellyn. Rifles, Archery, Indoor Karting, Human night on our campsite? Open to non-residents for Afternoon Bowling and the Argo Cat Off Road Hope to see you soon! Teas and Fine Dining. Experience. Pre-booking advisable.  www.sharrowbay.co.uk   www.rookinhouse.co.uk   Tel: 017684 82337

Glenridding Gallery 5 Granny Dowbekin’s Tearoom j Ullswater Information Centre o Stocking handmade crafts, and Garden Visit us to plan your Lake District photography and paintings of the local Free Commemorative Postcard of adventure! area, gifts, locally made alcohol and English Tea Room & Garden Pooley Bridge on presentation of this Located centrally in Glenridding by preserves. Located next to Sharman’s voucher. Granny Dowbekin’s – your the main car park Store which sells English Lakes Ice traditional English Tearoom. CA11 0PD Cream and Farrer’s Coffee. Granny Dowbekins Logo.indd 1 01/02/2016 14:17 By the river – Pooley Bridge   www.glenriddinggallery.co.uk   www.grannydowbekins.co.uk   www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/Ullswater

KEY TO FACILITIES  Open All Year  Charging Facilities  Dog Friendly  Disabled Facilities  Near Public Transport Pooley Bridge to Aira Force Distance: 6.5 miles / 10.7km Ullswater Way Terrain: Undulating walking through woodland and fields. Option: Leaving the woods there is a choice of paths: From Pooley Bridge the Ullswater Way takes you on paths walk round and over the summit of Gowbarrow to enter Map and Guide the upper reaches of Aira Force, or continue along the through woodland and fields to Maiden Castle. Once a defended settlement, it is now hidden by grass, but from this path shouldering Gowbarrow, where the views open to Aira Force to Glenridding raised vantage point you have spectacular views down the the whole of Ullswater and the rising mountains ahead. Distance: 3 miles / 4.6km Ullswater Valley, and also to the Pennines to the east and Take a rest on Memorial Seat and enjoy the panorama Terrain: Easy well-surfaced path between Aira and Blencathra to the north. from this grand balcony. In the distance you will see Glencoyne. Narrow and uneven paths by lake shore The Way continues on to Bennethead and then on quiet Lyulph’s Tower – a sixteenth century castellated tower, from Glencoyne to Glenridding. Please take care: roads towards the beautifully situated Watermillock Church, before reaching the spectacular waterfalls of Aira there is a 100m section along the side of the A592. before leaving the road to join a track through the quiet Force. This section includes the magnificent waterfalls woods of Swinburn Park (once one of five medieval deer parks at Aira. Allow time to explore the paths through surrounding Ullswater). the old woodlands and landscaped glades before To Dalemain,  To Penrith via reaching the spectacular stone arch bridge Maiden Castle Rheged and Penrith Eamont Bridge spanning the 65 foot waterfall.  The Way now passes through the ancient woodland Wreay Pooley Bridge m of Glencoyne Deer Park. Most famously, Glencoyne Wood was the place where, in 1802, William jk and Dorothy Wordsworth saw daffodils by the lakeshore. The encounter is described in detail in Watermillock Church a celebrated entry in Dorothy’s Grasmere Journal and inspired William Wordsworth to write his most N famous poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Gowbarrow Watermillock Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” Swinburn ’ S At Glencoyne, cross the road to join a web of paths Park R To Keswick E meandering beside Ullswater, where you can stop M 9l A and admire the view down the lake & E T S before arriving in Glenridding. ‘ R E Aira Force T A W S L 4 L Glencoyne U Park k Glencoyne The Cock Pit Stone Circle M E R S ’ T E R ‘ S T E A L L S W A  Please Note: Map created from open source data. U Use a more detailed map to follow the route. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright Arthur’s Pike and database rights 2016 Hallin Fell For more information visit: www.ullswater.com 6 Bonscale Pike Howtown to Pooley Bridge Map Key Distance: 5 miles / 8km Howtown Terrain: Undulating walk through farm land and open Bus Stop 7k fell. Please take care: there is a 500m section on the Martindale road from Cross Dormont to Waterside House. Parking 2 Just beyond Howtown, the Way takes you up onto the Glenridding Information Glenridding to Howtown moorland edge with extensive views over Ullswater. Option: At Swarthbeck, choose to continue on the open Toilets Distance: 6.5 miles / 10.5km moorland to reach the Cockpit – an impressive large Boat Terrain: Undulating path with up and down hill stretches and some rocky sections. 158 stone circle, before descending on a wide track to join a Place Fell Please note this is a long, remote section. ko n Refreshments road leading into Pooley Bridge. The Ullswater Way now weaves its way with the road, but on good paths and clear crossings. The Or, alternatively you can take a lower path which takes Ullswater Way route passes King George V playing fields – named “the prettiest field in England” by William you through farm land and past farmhouses to reach 508 Bus Route Wordsworth, before crossing the open valley to Side Farm and heading back northwards along and the Howtown road at Cross Dormont. above the shores of Ullswater. Patterdale Ullswater ‘Steamers’ The path then takes you through a working sheep farm This section of path, described by Wainwright as “the most beautiful and rewarding walk in Lakeland” and campsite following the water’s edge round to

n Key to adverts  undulates through woodland and open fell giving stunning views over Ullswater and its islands. The Pooley Bridge. 3 To Windermere see overleaf Way passes through the little hamlet of Sandwick to reach Howtown and the Steamer pier. via Kirkstone Pass