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

Today

Cloudy, wet start. Brightening up with sunny spells.

Mostly cloudy with showers or longer outbreaks of rain overnight and during the morning, the rain possibly heavy with isolated thunderstorms possible. The cloud lifting and breaking with sunny spells developing through the afternoon and evening.

Visibility: Occasional or extensive low cloud, base 300 to 600m, overnight and early morning, lifting and clearing above the summits in the afternoon. Visibility moderate to very poor in cloud and rain becoming very good or excellent during the afternoon and evening.

Daylight: dawn 04:11, sunrise 05:01, sunset 21:36, dusk 22:26

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Our Latest Blog Posts

 • 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.

 • Think Before You Park
Cumberland Council is reminding visitors to the area's scenic beauty spots -particularly around Stonethwaite and Wasdale - to park responsibly and with consideration for others.

 • Gauging Stations Update
We've been doing some work on the "water levels" overlay in our mapping app.

 • Hills Database Updated
We've just imported the latest version, 18.2, of the Database of British and Irish hills.

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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.