Windermere Way

#2510 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Windermere Way is a 45-mile circuit of Windermere, a lake in the English Lake District. The route is wholly within the Lake District National Park and takes in the summits of Wansfell, Loughrigg Fell and Gummer's How as well as passing through the towns of Ambleside and Windermere. ()

Length: 44.74 miMaximum elevation: 1601 ftCoordinates: 54°21'18"N, 2°56'20"W

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Windermere Way – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Windermere, Windermere Jetty, St Martin's Church, Blackwell.

0.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Windermere
12 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Windermere stands as the largest natural lake in England. This ribbon lake was formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Today, it is a centerpiece of the region...
1.3 miNE
Museum
Windermere Jetty, Windermere
34 min walk • Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories is a museum on the eastern shore of Windermere between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere in Cumbria, England. It reopened in March 2019 after 12 years' closure and redevelopment work.
1 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Town, Church
St Martin's Church, Windermere
25 min walk • St Martin's Church stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
1 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Historical place
Blackwell, Windermere
27 min walk • Blackwell is a large house in the English Lake District, designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Baillie Scott. It was built in 1898–1900, as a holiday home for Sir Edward Holt, a wealthy Manchester brewer.
1 miNE
Town, Area
Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere
27 min walk • Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere, in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. Due to its position on the banks of Windermere, the town has become a tourist honeypot.
0.8 miNE
54°21'45"N • 2°55'23"W
Windermere Lake Cruises, Windermere
22 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Boat tours
1.2 miE
Hill, Natural attraction, Hiking trail
Brant Fell, Windermere
31 min walk • Brant Fell is a hill in the English Lake District, near Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It reaches 629 feet.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Moss Eccles Tarn
34 min walk • Moss Eccles Tarn is a tarn on Claife Heights, near Near Sawrey in the Lake District, Cumbria. It is currently owned by the National Trust and known as an attractive tarn for fishing and walking.
0.5 miN
Island
Belle Isle, Windermere
14 min walk • Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length. The Roman governor at Ambleside built a villa on the island. In 1250 it was the seat of the district's Lord of the Manor.
1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Claife Heights, Ambleside
27 min walk • Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England. It has a topographic prominence of 177 metres so is classified as a Marilyn. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.