Family Walks and Pubs in the Lake District

Category: great views

  • Scale Force, Crummock Water

    Scale Force, Crummock Water

    Scale Force is a beautiful waterfall near Crummock Water.  It’s probably best seen before the tree foliage gets too thick, but it was still worth a visit today.

  • Grange over Sands Promenade

    Grange over Sands Promenade

    Grange over Sands is a lovely little town, with an absolutely perfect promenade for a short or long family walk.  It has a cafe, playground, skate park and is traffic free and virtually flat, so ideal for all types of wheels, including pushchairs and wheelchairs.  

  • Blea Tarn and Side Pike, Langdale

    Blea Tarn and Side Pike, Langdale

    Blea Tarn is a beautiful and quiet spot in between Little Langdale and Great Langdale.  We did a circular 3 mile walk, taking in Blea Tarn and Side Pike, which offered amazing 360 degree views.

  • Waterside House Campsite & Pooley Bridge

    Waterside House Campsite & Pooley Bridge

    We spent a couple of nights in the luxurious bell tent at Waterside House Campsite, just south of Pooley Bridge. We used the campsite as our base for our adventures, heading up to Angletarn Pikes on the first day and to Brotherswater on the second.   Not to mention swimming in Ullswater, right outside our…

  • Angletarn Pikes, Bannerdale

    Angletarn Pikes, Bannerdale

    After camping on the shores of Ullswater, at Waterside House campsite, we were spoilt for choice with walks in the locality.  After much deliberation we decided to go for Angle Tarn and Angletarn Pikes, on Martindale Common, with the hope of seeing some of the red deer.

  • Brotherswater, Patterdale

    Brotherswater, Patterdale

    Brotherswater, in Patterdale is a beautiful and quiet place to visit.  You can do the short, 2.3 mile loop around the water, or if you have very young children, just the walk from the car park to the little beach for a picnic and paddle!

  • Brock Barrow, Coniston

    Brock Barrow, Coniston

    Today we did a 3 mile looped walk up and across Bethecar Moor, to Brock Barrow.  This afforded us some beautiful scenery across Coniston Water and the fells beyond.

  • Windermere’s west shoreline

    Windermere’s west shoreline

    Today we caught the ferry from Bowness on Windermere across to Claife Heights.  We took a go kart, scooter and a bike, plus three kids aged 3, 5 and 6.