Ullswater Walks and Walking Guide
Lake District, Cumbria
Find circular walks from Ullswater, which is surrounded by Lakeland Fells with the small communities of Hartsop, Glenridding and Patterdale offering limited amenities for walkers. Walking in this area is varied with Helvellyn one of the busiest fells in the Lake District National Park especially if approached via Striding Edge. Other notable fells in this area include Place Fell, St Sunday Crag and the Angletarn Pikes.
The walks listed below are free to download and print and all routes have mapping and GPX files. The area lacks easy family walks as the majority of routes involve hillwalking skills.
★ = GPS file available
Walk | Description | Grade | Miles |
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1143★ | Hallin Fell from Martindale Church, Sandwick | easy | 2.00 |
2032★ | Great How, a short ascent above Thirlmere | easy | 2.00 |
2039★ | Gowbarrow Fell circular | moderate | 3.50 |
2019★ | Raven Crag, the Benn & Shoulthwaite Gill near Thirlmere | easy/mod | 4.00 |
3232★ | Glenridding Dodd & Sheffield Pike | easy/mod | 4.50 |
2524★ | Thirlmere Circular | easy | 5.00 |
2005★ | High Rigg & Legburthwaite | easy | 5.50 |
1158★ | High Rigg from Legburthwaite | easy | 5.50 |
1230★ | Birks & Arnison Crag from Patterdale | moderate | 5.50 |
1959★ | Gray Crag and Pasture Beck from Hartsop | moderate | 5.50 |
2327★ | Red Tarn & Birkhouse Moor from Glenridding | moderate | 6.00 |
1228★ | Thornthwaite Beacon & High Street from Hartsop | moderate | 6.50 |
1247★ | Helvellyn & Raise from Swirls | mod/hard | 7.00 |
1235★ | Red Tarn & Grisedale from Glenridding | moderate | 7.00 |
1110★ | Angletarn Pikes from Hartsop | moderate | 7.00 |
2049★ | Calfhow Pike & the Dodds from Legburthwaite | moderate | 7.50 |
2047★ | Place Fell from Patterdale | moderate | 7.50 |
1229★ | Helvellyn & Dollywaggon Pike from Wythburn | moderate | 8.00 |
2060★ | The Angletarn Pikes and Brock Crags from Hartsop | moderate | 8.00 |
2025★ | Helvellyn & Wythburn from Swirls | mod/hard | 8.50 |
3309★ | Hartsop, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike & Kirkstone Pass | moderate | 8.50 |
1242★ | Bannerdale, Boredale & Beda Head from Martindale | moderate | 9.00 |
1241★ | Arthur's Pike & Loadpot Hill from Martindale | moderate | 9.00 |
1156★ | Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Glenridding | hard | 9.50 |
2585★ | Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike, High St. & The Knott | mod/hard | 10.00 |
2631★ | Martindale High-level Circuit | mod/hard | 11.00 |
1710★ | Glenridding, St. Sunday Crag & Helvellyn | hard | 11.50 |
2425★ | Boredale Circular from Patterdale | mod/hard | 11.50 |
3388★ | Hayeswater and Angle Tarn from Hartsop | mod/hard | 11.50 |
1520★ | Helvellyn & Fairfield Horseshoe from Patterdale | very hard | 13.00 |
The walks listed above are the nearest 30 from Ullswater when measured in a straight line.
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