Tag: playground
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Easedale Tarn & Sour Milk Gill, Grasmere
Easedale Tarn and Sour Milk Gill from Grasmere is a lovely circular walk of approx 4 miles
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Troutbeck – Brockhole Loop
3.5 mile loop from Town End in Troutbeck to Brockhole Visitor Centre on the shores of Windermere
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The Helm, Oxenholme, Kendal
The Helm, near Oxenholme, which is just outside of Kendal. We started this walk at The Station Inn. It’s a lovely family pub with an awesome playground and bouncy castle (on sunny weekends) and mini golf. If you’re a customer of the pub, you can park in their car park at grid reference 536900 on…
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High Dam, Finsthwaite
High Dam, starting from Finsthwaite is a fantastic and beautiful family walk. Approx 3.5km “lollipop” route from the road in Finsthwaite up to the Dam, round the lake and back again. It isn’t suitable for pushchairs, but is well worth carrying the little ones so they can enjoy the quiet lake shores too! There is…
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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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Staveley Village & River Walk
Beautiful walk round Staveley village. This is a loop walk, so you can park anywhere, but I’d recommend parking in Mill Yard. Free off road parking, close to playground on the Rec and very near Wilf’s Cafe for afterwards! Please note that Staveley Bridge is currently closed due to the Dec-15 floods. Access the village…
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Sir John Barrow monument, Ulverston
Sunday afforded us some fantastic sunny weather, and we jumped on the chance to climb up to the “lighthouse” monument in Ulverston. Every time we drive past, my 4 year old asks if we can go up it, and today we finally said yes! We parked for free in the car park at Ford Park…
Family Walks and Pubs in the Lake District 