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Grizedale Valley – Hawkshead Village loop from Cark and Cartmel

Grizedale Valley – Hawkshead Village loop from Cark and Cartmel

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Grizedale Valley – Hawkshead Village loop from Cark and Cartmel

02:46

53.3km

540m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 36.1 km for 73 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.45 km

Burn Barrow Wood

Forest

18.3 km

Waterfalls Picnic Spot in Lake District National Park

Highlight • Waterfall

21.9 km

Grizedale Valley

Highlight • Forest

A really quiet and idyllic road through the Grizedale Valley and past the Visitor's Centre

Tip by

24.6 km

Climb from Hawkshead to Moor Top and Grizedale

Highlight • Climb

A lumpy long climb up from Hawkshead Village to Moor Top and Grizedale beyond

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26.7 km

Hawkshead Village

Highlight • Settlement

Hawkshead is an ancient township that has flourished since Norse times, belonging to Furness Abbey until the 12th Century. The monks owned Hawkshead Hall, just outside the village, of which …

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36.1 km

The Brows

Forest

39.0 km

Lakeside Pier and Steam Railway, Lake Windermere

Highlight • Rest Area

You could say that Lakeside is mainly the extravagant but really welcoming hotel, the historic steam railway journey into the Leven Valley (lakesiderailway.co.uk/about-lakeside-haverthwaite ), as well as the pier and …

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40.5 km

Newby Bridge and the River Leven Weir

Highlight • River

Newby Bridge is a hamlet situated on the banks of River Leven at the southern end of Lake Windermere. Historically part of Lancashire, it takes its name from the five-arched …

Tip by

40.6 km

Newby Bridge Coffee Break

Highlight • Other

49.9 km

The Mallard Tea Shop

Highlight • Cafe

An ace little cafe stop in Cartmel that's well worth a stop by and wonderfully cyclist-friendly. It's named after the ducks on the nearby River Eea that are always looking for crumbs!

Check out seasonal opening times here: unsworthsyard.co.uk/mallard-tea-shopnest

Tip by

53.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.9 km

1.17 km

809 m

213 m

152 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.0 km

24.9 km

354 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Monday 18 May

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Grizedale Valley – Hawkshead Village loop from Cark and Cartmel

Waterfalls Picnic Spot in Lake District National Park

Grizedale Valley

Climb from Hawkshead to Moor Top and Grizedale

Hawkshead Village

Lakeside Pier and Steam Railway, Lake Windermere

Newby Bridge and the River Leven Weir

Newby Bridge Coffee Break

The Mallard Tea Shop

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