Walking the Newlands Horseshoe

The Newlands Horseshoe is the name given to the hills lying around Newlands Beck, a stream which eventually drains down into Bassenthwaite Lake. Keen walkers tackle the principal hills of the Horseshoe in one day but it's a big day out with over 1100m of ascent and 18km of walking.

Newlands Beck and valley

We prefer the less strenuous option of doing the hills over two walks, although still making two grand days out, and each including three Wainwrights and so we have two "half Newlands" to offer you:

• Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head - A Half Newlands - this takes you out along High Snab Bank and anti-clockwise to the western Wainwright tops of Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head before returning past the waterfalls down the valley alongside Newlands Beck.
• Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy - A Half Newlands - this tackles the eastern Wainwrights of Cat Bells, Maiden Moor, and High Spy in a clockwise direction so you again get a gentle return down the Newlands Beck valley.

Together these walks make two excellent days walking which we hope you'll enjoy. And if they don't wet your appetite we've lots of other walks for you to try around the Lake District of all sorts of types.

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