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free walks from pubs, hotels and campsites

Arguably the best-loved English county for walkers, there's lots to see besides the honey-pots and tourist traps.
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    The Wheatsheaf, Brigsteer
    • St Patrick’s Church, Helsington (2 miles): A simple, isolated church with superb views over the Lyth valley to the high fells of Lakeland. GPX button
    • Scout Scar [shorter route] (3¼ miles): A short taster of a glorious limestone edge. GPX button
    • Sizergh Castle (4 miles): A wood renowned for its wild daffodils and rare butterflies, and a famous house and garden. GPX button
    • Scout Scar [longer route] (8 miles): An extended walk along a glorious limestone edge with superb views and fantastic wildlife. GPX button
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    The Masons Arms, Cartmel Fell
    • St Anthony’s Church (2¾ miles): A medieval church, a fine historic house and a pretty hamlet on the River Winster. GPX button
    • Gummer’s How (6¼ miles): A walk from Cartmel Fell church via a scenic tarn to a wonderful Windermere viewpoint. GPX button
    • Whitbarrow (8¼ miles): Woodland and striking limestone scenery with wildlife galore and outstanding views. GPX button
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    The Queen's Head, Hawkshead
    • Hawkshead Courthouse (1½ miles): A gentle beckside stroll to a medieval building with pretty views in and around the village. 
    • Latterbarrow (4 miles): A rewarding hike to Hawkshead’s local fell, with fine views belying its moderate height. 
    • Tarn Hows (5 miles): A gradual climb to a renowned beauty spot. 
    • Windermere (6¾ miles): Beautiful walking alongside the largest natural lake in England, with a lofty wooded return. 
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    The Mill Inn, Mungrisdale
    • Bowscale & Mosedale (3¼ miles): A virtually level farmland and mossland stroll through two pretty Lakeland hamlets with views of Carrock Fell and beyond. 
    • Souther Fell (5½ miles): The broad ridge of Souther Fell gives excellent views of Blencathra and more distantly over the Vale of Eden to the North Pennines. 
    • Blencathra (7¾ miles): This route follows some of the easier routes on this iconic fell; the still-considerable effort is rewarded with dramatic mountain views. 
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    The Queens Head Hotel, Troutbeck
    • The Tongue (6¾ miles): A figure-of-eight route which, with only moderate climbing, gives superb views to Windermere. 
    • Wansfell Pike and Ambleside (7 miles): Fantastic views over Windermere, a sylvan waterfall, and a gentler woodland return via the village. 
    • High Street and Ill Bell (9½/13 miles): A hard fell walk up the valley of Trout Beck to High Street, returning via the Ill Bell ridge.