St Bega's Way

#5641 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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St Bega's Way is a 36-mile walk through rural West Cumbria and the north west corner of the English Lake District. It is usually completed as a leisure walk over 3 days, but has also been used as the basis of a single day competitive Ultramarathon. ()

Length: 36 miCoordinates: 54°40'47"N, 3°11'44"W

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St Bega's Way – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skiddaw, Bassenthwaite Lake, Mirehouse, Carl Side.

3 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Skiddaw, Keswick
77 min walk • Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. Its 931-metre summit is the sixth-highest in England. It lies just north of the town of Keswick, Cumbria, and dominates the skyline in this part of the northern lakes.
2 miSW
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Bassenthwaite Lake
51 min walk • Bassenthwaite Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the English Lake District. It is long and narrow, approximately 4 miles long and 0.75 miles wide, but is also extremely shallow, with a maximum depth of about 70 ft.
2.4 miS
Museum, History museum
Mirehouse
62 min walk • Mirehouse is a 17th-century house to the north of Keswick in Cumbria, at the foot of Dodd, near Bassenthwaite Lake and St Bega's Church, on the A591 road. Although still a family home it and its grounds are open to the public and in 1999 won the award for 'Best Heritage Property for Families in the UK'.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Carl Side
77 min walk • Carl Side is a fell in the English Lake District, forming a part of the Skiddaw "family" near the town of Keswick and prominently visible from its streets.
2.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Over Water
56 min walk • Over Water is a small lake or tarn in the north of the English Lake District, southwest of the hamlet of Longlands. Binsey, Great Cockup and Longlands Fell overlook the lake.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Dodd
83 min walk • Dodd is a small fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, four kilometres north-west of Keswick. It forms part of the Skiddaw range in the northern part of the national park and the slopes are heavily wooded.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Ullock Pike
58 min walk • Ullock Pike is a fell situated in northern part of the English Lake District. It is located seven kilometres north west of Keswick and achieves a height of 691 metres.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Binsey
53 min walk • Binsey is a hill on the northern edge of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is detached from the rest of the Lakeland hills, and thus provides a good spot to look out at the Northern and North Western Fells of the Lake District, as well as the coastal plain and, across the Solway Firth, Scotland.
2.5 miS
54°38'35"N • 3°11'13"W
Mirehouse & Gardens, Keswick
65 min walk • Museum, Historical place, Garden
2.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Long Side, Lake District National Park
66 min walk • Long Side is a fell in the English Lake District, it is situated six kilometres north west of Keswick in the northern sector of the national park and is part of the Skiddaw group of fells.
2.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Sale Fell, Lake District National Park
69 min walk • Sale Fell is a small hill near Cockermouth in the English Lake District. It is one of the smallest Wainwrights, but is nevertheless popular with locals, as it offers gentle walking and lovely views across Bassenthwaite Lake to Skiddaw.