WalkLakes

Lake District Walks

Our aim at WalkLakes is to help you make the most of walking in the Lake District. We do that by searching out the best walks we can find from gentle to challenging and also by putting you in touch with other people who have walked in the Lake District via our forum.

If you want you can keep track of your walks using our web site and log how many hills you've climbed and of what type, be they Wainwrights, Birketts, Hewitts, Nuttalls, or Marilyns. You can also explore all the hills in the Lake District using our interactive map or throughout Great Britain using our hill finder.

We hope we can help you get more out of walking in the Lake District but do let us know if there's anything more we could do to help.


Met Office Felltop Forecast

Weather

Cloudy with outbreaks of sleet or snow overnight, falling as rain below 400m then turning to rain at all levels by morning. Rain clearing east during the morning followed by blustery showers, some heavy with hail and thunder, and turning to snow above 500m. Strong and gusty winds.


Low cloud and visibility

Mostly poor visibility with extensive cloud and fog above 400m at first. Visibility improving when rain clears in the morning but occasionally poor in showers with cloud down to 500m and blizzard conditions on the tops at times.


Chance of cloud-free hill tops: 10% at first, becoming 60%.

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Our Latest Blog Posts

 • Two new webcams
We have a page where we have links to all the webcams we know about in the Lake District. Today we've added two new ones.

 • A couple of walks above Coniston
Here are a couple of walks from Coniston you might like to try: a short walk with a tarn, and a longer wander over the Old Man of Coniston.

 • A few Walks Near Grasmere
Today we're looking at three of our walks starting in or near Grasmere village, rated by us as one, two and three "fells" in order of difficulty.

 • Avoiding needing help
We've been struck by some reports from Wasdale MRT about recent rescues they've undertaken. We have some thoughts.

 • Morecambe Bay Walk 2025
On Saturday, 16th August you can join the Friends of the Lake District on this unique sponsored walk across the tidal sands of Morecambe Bay to raise money to protect Lake District landscapes.

 • It's Tick Time Again
It's the spring so the ticks are out again looking for a meal off you or your dog. We've already found two on ours.

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WalkLakes recognises that hill walking, or walking in the mountains, is an activity with a danger of personal injury or death.
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.