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Hawkshead Village – Latterbarrow summit and tower loop from Hawkshead

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Hawkshead Village – Latterbarrow summit and tower loop from Hawkshead

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Hawkshead Village – Latterbarrow summit and tower loop from Hawkshead

02:11

7.37km

200m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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Lake District National Park

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122 m

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 the National Trust owned Hawkshead Courthouse is all that remains. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1537, Hawkshead grew as a market town, with many buildings dating from the 17th Century.

Hawkshead is still the same tiny village of higgledy-piggledy houses, archways, and squares beloved by William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Cars are banned from the village, there being a large car park on the outskirts of the village. Tourism is now the main industry of Hawkshead, with many pleasant inns, guest houses, teashops and gift shops.

Whilst at school in Hawkshead, William lodged with Ann Tyson and her husband, who were in their sixties, first in the village, then at Colthouse where they moved in 1783. Anne Tyson’s cottage is now used as a holiday cottage.

The Old Grammar School was founded in 1585 by the Archbishop of York, Edwin Sandys. The ground floor classroom retains many old desks covered in carving done by the boys, including the poet William Wordsworth and his brother John. The school closed in 1909. Upstairs in the headmaster’s study and a classroom containing an exhibition relating to the history of the school, the founder and William Wordsworth.

The Beatrix Potter Gallery, a 17th Century building, was once the office of the local solicitor William Heelis, who married Beatrix Potterin 1913, and has remained largely unaltered since his day. The Gallery, now owned byThe National Trust, houses an annually changing exhibition of a selection of Beatrix Potter’s original drawings and illustrations. The National Trust also own many other buildings in the village, thus preserving its almost museum like air.

About half a mile out of Hawkshead is the hamlet of Colthouse. Here is one of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in Cumbria.

The 17th Century Church of St Michael & All Angels stands high looking out over the village, and has fine views to Esthwaite Water, Claife Heights, Latterbarrow, Helvellyn and the Langdales.

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149 m

Beatrix Potter Gallery

Highlight • Historical Site

The Beatrix Potter Gallery in Hawkshead is one of the National Trust‘s more unusual properties in that it has an interesting link with Beatrix Potter herself.

The 17th Century building, which was once the office of her husband, local solicitor William Heelis, has remained largely unaltered since his day. The Gallery houses an annually changing exhibition of a selection of Beatrix Potter’s original drawings and illustrations.

Beatrix Potter was however much more than a gifted artist and author. She was, without question, a determined preserver of her beloved Lake District and a great believer in the aims of the fledgling National Trust, bequeathing her numerous farms and land to the Trust in 1943.

By popular demand, the ‘On Holiday with Beatrix Potter’ exhibition has been extended for another year, with new exhibits for 2015 featuring Classic illustrations alongside rarely seen gems. Here you can discover how her unique travels inspired her wonderful stories.

Interactive touch-screens bring to life her childhood collections cabinet.

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1.71 km

Mill Wheel Coppice

Forest

2.62 km

View of Windermere from Latterbarrow

Highlight • Summit

Brilliant views from Latterbarrow, one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells.

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2.70 km

Latterbarrow summit and tower

Highlight • Natural Monument

Latterbarrow is a 244m fell in the Lake District. Close to the summit is a huge tower. On a clear day you get a beautiful view to the jagged Langdale Pikes. Closer are the summits of Red Screes, Caudale Moor, Wansfell Pike, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Froswick and Ill Bell.

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4.48 km

Hodson's Intake

Highlight • Trail

This section seems to hold water into the surface, I have passed it several times. Today was raining all day and far from ideal conditions. The Michelin Wild tyres coped very well on all these surfaces

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4.71 km

View of Lake District National Park

Highlight • MTB Park

Amazing views at this location. The MTB trail surface is not so good, slightly muddy puddles, tracks potentially determining your ride line when it is best to keep off these tracks and pick a better ride line

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5.41 km

Technical Descent Trail, Lake District National Park

Highlight • MTB Park

Most of the descending in this trail are down rugged, jagged rock surfaces. Expect to use a seat dropper, expect to be standing on the pegs, loads of weight on your arms. Make no mistakes, this is a demanding, technical trail.

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7.22 km

The Little Ice Cream Shop

Highlight • Rest Area

Very generous scoops of ice cream

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7.37 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.88 km

1.38 km

631 m

274 m

200 m

Surfaces

2.14 km

1.49 km

1.36 km

1.18 km

793 m

400 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Friday 8 May

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39 %

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Hawkshead Village – Latterbarrow summit and tower loop from Hawkshead

Hawkshead Village

Beatrix Potter Gallery

View of Windermere from Latterbarrow

Latterbarrow summit and tower

Hodson's Intake

View of Lake District National Park

Technical Descent Trail, Lake District National Park

The Little Ice Cream Shop

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