Hawes End Crow 1 Park High Low KESWICK Brandelhow Brandelhow 6 Cockshot Wood N Lord’s Castlehead Island DERWENTWATER Springs 2 Farm Calfclose Bay Ashness Gate Landing Stage Great 5 Wood Castlerigg Ashness Falcon Crag 3 Farm Bridge 4 Rakefoot Walla Crag Go right through the gate and continue heads towards the wall ahead and then, about about fifty years ago when around the field. 75 metres before the wall, curves slightly left most of the land was turned to pasture. Here, the National Trust has eventually coming alongside it. Climb over the excluded sheep and controlled public stile on the right and bear left for 50 metres to When you reach the two gates, you will see the access to the lakeshore to allow special reach Walla Crag with its magnificent views over white front of Ashness Farm ahead and Ashness vegetation to regenerate. People and sheep Keswick and the surrounding fells. Bridge down on your right. Take the gate on the still shape the landscape of the National Park right in the fence and head straight down until and the designation of much of the Park as an 4 Leaving the viewpoint, with your back you join a path. Turn left through the gate in the Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) is important. to the lake, take the path to your right which wall and descend onto the road and to Ashness Through the ESA, public money is used to help descends (south) towards an obvious stile in Bridge. This scenic and sturdy bridge, so often farmers maintain a 100 metres. Cross the stile and descend ten used in images of the area, is a widened packhorse beautiful landscape paces to a cairn. Take the left fork to follow a bridge - bridges over which the packhorses, carrying with a rich wildlife distinct path curving around the fellside ahead the area’s woollen cloth, travelled to market. as well as of you towards the head of Borrowdale. producing food. Continue along this path descending slowly 5 From the bridge go down the road (take (ignore a path off to your left). As the path starts care, there is no footpath) to meet the Borrowdale Eventually the to descend more steeply you can just see the Road at a T junction. Cross (with care) and footpath goes community of Grange in Borrowdale to the head take the steps down onto the lakeshore beside past Stable Hills of the lake. Grange got its name because the the jetty. (Walkers who would prefer to end the Cottage and monks of Furness Abbey established a walk now can check the time continues through a grange or farm here after buying much for the next launch back to gate beside a cattle of Borrowdale in the 12th century. When Keswick). Turn right and grid and along a Henry VIII dissolved the Abbeys in the continue walking along the wider track to pass 16th century, their Lake District lands lakeshore path beside the another house Grange in Borrowdale became the property of independent lake. (If the water is too on your left. and hardy farmers and the area became high to follow the shore, Furness Abbey Follow the track to take the next footpath on the famous for its coarse woollen cloth. As carefully follow the footpath left through a gate into woodland. Proceed along well as sheep, the farmers grew crops such as oats, beside the road just ahead until you are able to the edge of wood and across the footbridge barley, beans and a little wheat. These kinds of rejoin the shore path.) to continue along the path. Leave the woods crops were a part of the local landscape until by the gate and continue on the very obvious On reaching a path through pastures beside the shore. After tributary stream, passing through the next gate bear right at the take the foot- path junction to follow the path by the lakeshore bridge over it and towards Keswick, eventually continue on a path arriving at the boat landing stages. walking through the trees adjacent 6 The metalled road passes to the left hand to the lake. Follow side of the Theatre by the Lake. Turn left into the path as it Hope Park and right across the small bridge starts to curve to work your way to the other side of the park. left through thin Take the path for the town centre (signed) woodland. under the subway and bear right up Lake Road. Turn left at the T junction and follow the road to continue back into the square and the Derwentwater from near Walla Crag Moot Hall (1). 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Because of this it is especially important important especially is it this of Because farmed. is KESWICK WALKS KESWICK future. the in and now it of much and owned privately all nearly is enjoy, to everyone for is Park National the Park National District Lake the in land The landscape, renowned world its With The Lake District National Park National District Lake The The Countryside Code Countryside The KESWICK WALKS KESWICK WALLA CRAG and Ignore the path coming in on the right and 3 Turn right and at the fork bear right ASNESS BRIDGE - continue ahead with Springs Ghyll to the left. (signed Walla Crag). Where the road ends take A FARMED LANDSCAPE There are lovely views down towards Borrowdale the footbridge to the right and continue to climb Distance: About 9 km here. Keswick is actually at the junction of several on the right hand track (FPS Walla Crag). Time: 3-4 hours valleys, including Borrowdale and this is why Continue ahead up the track and through the Grade: Moderate it developed as an administrative centre for the gate onto the fell. sheep farming industry in Norman times. Until Please keep dogs under close control on the open Please note that ‘FPS’ means footpath sign the 10th century, most of the area’s valleys were fell - sheep are often 1 Standing with your back to the entrance probably still largely forested, but following the present but to the Moot Hall Information Centre take the Norman Conquest sheep farming became very may be hidden left hand exit from the Market Square. Where important. By the 12th century, when the Norman in the bracken. the road bends left continue straight ahead onto Abbeys of Furness and Fountains came to own Some of the St. John’s Street and you will soon pass the much of the land around Keswick, the valleys were sheep may be Parish Church of St.