The Ullswater Way is a 20-mile, waymarked walking route that completes a full circuit of England’s second largest natural lake. It takes
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Whinlatter is billed as “England’s only true mountain forest”. Managed by Forestry England, the sprawling plantations creep up the surrounding fells, reaching
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There are dozens of high-level tarns scattered throughout the Lake District, beautiful pools usually occupying glacial hollows on the fellsides. They were
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Covering about 6000 acres between Coniston Water and Windermere, Grizedale Forest is the largest area of woodland in the Lake District. And
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When medieval wizard Michael Scott stumbled across a gathering of witches close to the foot of the bleak Pennine hills, he immediately turned
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Discovering the Pennine Way The Pennine Way was England’s first National Trail – established in 1965 after having been suggested by access
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The Reivers’ Cycle Route is a 170-mile coast-to-coast route across the far north of England from Tynemouth to Whitehaven. It takes cyclists into
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Hadrian’s Cycleway follows the route of the Roman Empire’s north-western frontier for 170 miles across the far north of England – from Ravenglass on
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The Cumbria Way is a long-distance walking route devised in the mid-1970s by local members of what was then known as the
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Snaking its way for 84 magnificent miles across the far north of England, the Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail follows the line
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