Category: < 1 mile
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Grizedale Ridding Wood Trail
The Stick Man / Gruffalo trail in Grizedale Forest is fun for the kids and easy too. Follow the Ridding Wood trail signs
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Sour Milk Gill, Buttermere
Starting from the pay and display car park, walk round the Fish Hotel onto the path towards the lakes. Follow the path and when you get a fork, take the left path which will lead you to the lake. With the lake in front of you, turn right which will then lead you to the…
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Moss Force, Buttermere
Moss Force is only about a 150 metre walk from the free car park at the top of Newlands Pass to the falls. Take the left fork to go to the bottom cascade and the right fork to head towards the top one.
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Loughrigg Tarn, near Ambleside
Loughrigg Tarn just outside of Ambleside is a bit of a winner! Fantastic place for a picnic on a sunny day and a perfectly sized body of water for the kids to run around! Parking can be a bit hit and miss though. We parked on the road at grid reference 346040 on OS map…
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Cockshott Point, Bowness-on-Windermere
Cockshott Point, Bowness on Windermere offers a lovely, easy, pushchair friendly walk. This is a looped walk, approx 1.5km in distance, with plenty of little lake shore beaches and rocks to explore. Start on OS map OL7 GR 397965. You can park for free in summer for 2 hours on the road side (get there…
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Wray Castle, near Ambleside
With a 50/50 forecast for rain, we headed to Wray Castle today. If it poured down, we’d be safe and warm inside the castle, knowing that there’s plenty to entertain the children, and if not we could venture outside too. Wray Castle is on the western shores of Windermere, south-west of Ambleside. OS map OL7,…
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Aira Force, Ullswater
Thanks to Lee for sharing his walk today. It’s also one of our favourites. They went to Aira Force, on Ullswater between Glenridding and Pooley Bridge. OS map OL5, grid reference 401201. There’s a large National Trust car park (£5 for 2 hours, £7 for 4 hours and £9 for 4+ hours; or free to…
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Lodore Falls, Borrowdale
With a rainy forecast, we didn’t venture too far or too high today. Lodore Falls in Borrowdale, not far from Keswick was an ideal destination. It involved a boat trip, which both kids and adults enjoyed, and the falls are in the woods, so there is some shelter from the elements. We parked in central…
Family Walks and Pubs in the Lake District 