Best trails in Lake District National Park

Has to be one of the best hikes in The Lake District. Certainly gives you a workout but the beauty is that you can be at the top within an hour. Short n sweet. It has a little bit of beginner scrambling thrown in to the mix and the views are just incredible. Plus as a reward and a treat you should head to Lingholm Kitchen and Walled Gardens

Typical Lake District weather but that didn't detract too much from this lovely, easy walk. Stile free so great for old dogs! Lots of great views on the outward leg and woodland going back. Allow 5 hours to give you time to enjoy the views and spend time on the lakeside

Hard walk to Helvellyn in Lake District, highly recommend

We did this in mid June and the lakeside path was flooded. It was also slippery descending from the high ground after the first part of the walk, especially through Dodds Wood. But it’s a lovely route and is very much like to come back and do the lake but again when it’s drier. If that’s a thing in the Lake District!

This has become one of our top if not the top walk we've done in the Lake District. There is never a dull moment on this walk. There are constant gorgeous and varied views. That being said, it's a challenge for the casual walker like me so some tips and thoughts below. We parked in Walna Scar car park. At 11am on a Wednesday we snagged the last spot in the car park. The road up to the car park is one of the steepest we've encountered for trailheads. We were glad we'd rented an automatic for our holiday as I don't think our 1 litre Fiesta would have managed it! As everyone says, do the route anticlockwise. Going up is steep and there are lots of sharp spikey rocks that I think would be hard to navigate going down. The route up was very busy and so we were naturally stopping often. Most people were treating it as an out and back route. That meant that on the other side of Old Man (glorious views) we almost had the trail to ourselves for hours. A lovely peaceful walk up would be to do a there-and-back past Goat Water. Depending on what your definition of scrambling is, you may think this route contains it. I am 5'4" and frequently found myself climbing up rocks with my hands or sliding down on my bum. You will encounter this on the ascent and descent. I'm not the best with scrambling so had to have a bit of a moment to calm down before we summited Old Man. All in all I found this a less challenging walk than Catbells via Derwent Water. We encountered some 80 year old grannies merrily skipping over the scramble. Still, don't be an idiot. We passed many people in trainers carrying no food or water who looked like the next morning would be rough. We took 6.5 hours, partly because I'm a very slow walker and partly because it was just so gorgeous.

Unbelievable views of the Lake District, started at the swan pub, then headed up to stone Arthur, then Fairfield peak, took the valley route down back to the travellers rest pub. Stopped at a waterfall on the way which I took a dip in. Great walk not too challenging at all!!!!