box. Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral and the iconic red telephone telephone red iconic the and Cathedral Anglican Liverpool’s Cycles (015394 33592). www.golakes.co.uk/cycling. 33592). (015394 Cycles Tel: 015394 39441 www.elh.co.uk/watersports 39441 015394 Tel: who also designed the Albert Memorial, St Pancras Station, Station, Pancras St Memorial, Albert the designed also who Ghyllside Ghyllside various places in the town to hire bikes including including bikes hire to town the in places various hire. St Mary’s Church Mary’s St was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Scott, Gilbert Giles Sir by designed was high level route makes a superb mountain bike ride. There are are There ride. bike mountain superb a makes route level high wakesurfing. Motor and rowing boats are also available for for available also are boats rowing and Motor wakesurfing. bridleway that traverses the southern flanks of Wansfell. This This Wansfell. of flanks southern the traverses that bridleway kayaking, canoeing, water-skiing, wakeboarding and and wakeboarding water-skiing, canoeing, kayaking, a different saint. different a lanes, while Troutbeck and Ambleside are linked by an old old an by linked are Ambleside and Troutbeck while lanes, A good range of water-based instruction, including sailing, sailing, including instruction, water-based of range good A roadside wells roadside , each dedicated to to dedicated each , Troutbeck has several fine fine several has Troutbeck Low Wood Watersports and Activity Centre Activity and Watersports Wood Low Tour that takes in a pretty mix of lakes, woodland, fells and and fells woodland, lakes, of mix pretty a in takes that Tour (called ‘perchines’) were eaten as a substitute for sardines! for substitute a as eaten were ‘perchines’) (called Loughrigg Fell Loughrigg is a strenuous mountain bike mountain strenuous a is of tour mile canned perch canned from Windermere Windermere from During the Second World War, War, World Second the During Tel: 015394 43360 www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk 43360 015394 Tel: those new to cycling in the Lake District. The circular eight eight circular The District. Lake the in cycling to new those The fells just west of the town offer a good introduction to to introduction good a offer town the of west just fells The Windermere. time. The current record to beat is 51 min and 20 sec. 20 and min 51 is beat to record current The time. Cycling bike boat allows exploration of the traffic-free western shore of of shore western traffic-free the of exploration allows boat bike pull a one-ton car up the 3-mile Struggle in the fastest possible possible fastest the in Struggle 3-mile the up car one-ton a pull way of arriving at your chosen destination. In the summer the the summer the In destination. chosen your at arriving of way of the annual Kirkstone Pass Car Pull, where teams compete to to compete teams where Pull, Car Pass Kirkstone annual the of Information Centre. Centre. Information on the full admission/cruise prices and provide an enjoyable enjoyable an provide and prices admission/cruise full the on carriages regularly laboured up this gruelling hill. It’s the scene scene the It’s hill. gruelling this up laboured regularly carriages www.golakes.co.uk/walking or call into the Tourist Tourist the into call or www.golakes.co.uk/walking Haverthwaite Railway and Lakeland Motor Museum give savings savings give Museum Motor Lakeland and Railway Haverthwaite hostelries in the UK. Teams of packponies and horsedrawn horsedrawn and packponies of Teams UK. the in hostelries and Dove Crag. For advice on walking routes visit visit routes walking on advice For Crag. Dove and tickets to Brockhole Visitor Centre, Lakes Aquarium, Lakeside & & Lakeside Aquarium, Lakes Centre, Visitor Brockhole to tickets Ambleside to the Kirkstone Pass Inn, one of the highest highest the of one Inn, Pass Kirkstone the to Ambleside Langdale Pikes, Fairfield Horseshoe, Red Screes Screes Red Horseshoe, Fairfield Pikes, Langdale beautiful lakeshore properties. Combined cruise and admission admission and cruise Combined properties. lakeshore beautiful ‘The Struggle’ ‘The aptly describes the steep ascent out of of out ascent steep the describes aptly within a short distance of Ambleside, including the distinctive distinctive the including Ambleside, of distance short a within are a great way to travel and see both the lake and the many many the and lake the both see and travel to way great a are many years. It now operates as a restaurant. a as operates now It years. many something more strenuous, there are many classic fell walks walks fell classic many are there strenuous, more something With regular daily sailings (reduced winter service), the cruisers cruisers the service), winter (reduced sailings daily regular With Woods local artist Alfred Heaton Cooper and used as his studio for for studio his as used and Cooper Heaton Alfred artist local Windermere Lake Cruises Lake Windermere , one of the UK’s most romantic picnic spots. Or for for Or spots. picnic romantic most UK’s the of one , Log House Log Skelghyll Skelghyll Crag Jenkins on Lake Road was imported from Norway by by Norway from imported was Road Lake on The The in in for out look and Troutbeck to relatively easy climb with the option of extending the walk walk the extending of option the with climb easy relatively trip on a lake cruise is the ideal choice. ideal the is cruise lake a on trip Bridge House Bridge . brought up a family of six in the tiny tiny the in six of family a up brought Wansfell is a a is Grasmere. or Water Rydal Bridge, Skelwith locally. Or if you just want to sit back and enjoy the views, a a views, the enjoy and back sit to want just you if Or locally. In the 1850s, ‘Chairy’ Rigg, a basket maker and chair repairer, repairer, chair and maker basket a Rigg, ‘Chairy’ 1850s, the In a variety of routes down – to Loughrigg Tarn, Elterwater, Elterwater, Tarn, Loughrigg to – down routes of variety a in Loughrigg Tarn and Holehird Tarn. Permits are available available are Permits Tarn. Holehird and Tarn Loughrigg in trek was no longer necessary. longer no was trek the view over the Langdales is spectacular and you can choose choose can you and spectacular is Langdales the over view the in the lake itself, but also in the Rivers Rothay and Brathay, Brathay, and Rothay Rivers the in also but itself, lake the in Mary’s Church was built and consecrated in 1854 this arduous arduous this 1854 in consecrated and built was Church Mary’s over Grasmere and Rydal Water. From the top of Loughrigg, Loughrigg, of top the From Water. Rydal and Grasmere over hire. There are some good opportunities for fishing, not only only not fishing, for opportunities good some are There hire. Route, to St Oswald’s Church in Grasmere for burial. Once St St Once burial. for Grasmere in Church Oswald’s St to Route, best low level walks in the area and provides stunning views views stunning provides and area the in walks level low best with craft of all sizes – from cruisers to canoes – available for for available – canoes to cruisers from – sizes all of craft with Loughrigg Terrace Loughrigg 4 miles along the old ‘corpse road’, now signposted as the Coffin Coffin the as signposted now road’, ‘corpse old the along miles 4 is one of the the of one is walks. fell to strolls lakeside Waterhead, at the head of the lake, is a focal point for boating, boating, for point focal a is lake, the of head the at Waterhead, record marriages and deaths. The deceased were carried nearly nearly carried were deceased The deaths. and marriages record Ambleside abounds with routes for all ages and abilities, from from abilities, and ages all for routes with abounds Ambleside huge variety of activities on offer, to suit all tastes and abilities. and tastes all suit to offer, on activities of variety huge Ambleside’s only place of worship, but was not registered to to registered not was but worship, of place only Ambleside’s Known to many as the walking capital of South Lakeland, Lakeland, South of capital walking the as many to Known means access to the lake is easy. Not surprisingly, there is a a is there surprisingly, Not easy. is lake the to access means St Anne’s Chapel (NY 378 046) 378 (NY Chapel Anne’s St Walking was was years many For Ambleside’s superb location on the shores of Windermere Windermere of shores the on location superb Ambleside’s Did you know? you Did Around the Lake the Around On the Lake Lake the On Loughrigg Tarn Loughrigg Ambleside Waterhead By Bus Bus services stop on Kelsick Road. Services run ambleside Grasmere - Keswick, and locally to Waterhead, Brockhole, Windermere Station and Bowness Pier. Other services connect with Coniston, Hawkshead and Great Langdale. Ambleside, at the head of Windermere and the foot of the Service 599 operates Bowness Pier (Windermere) - Grasmere Kirkstone Pass, lies in the very heart of the Lake District, (via Windermere station and Ambleside). Seasonal Sunday with easy access to Grasmere, Keswick, Windermere service. Service 555 Kendal - Grasmere (via Windermere and and the Langdales. A vibrant, busy town, surrounded Ambleside) at regular intervals daily. Service 505 daily service by magnificent Lakeland fells, it is the ideal location for to Hawkshead and Coniston. Service 516 daily service to ambleside a rural break. Although Ambleside has its roots in the Great Langdale (Apr–Oct only). medieval woollen trade, it is predominantly a Victorian For timetable, fare and Explorer ticket information please visit town, built of dark grey slate.