Plan your visit
Getting here
54.51568, -3.14738
Best for
3 activitiesDog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free72%Named hiking route nearby: Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)
Heritage
Free55%Religious grounds — local heritage
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v11 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route▾
Peace How Walk From High Brandelhow Jetty, North Lakes OutdoorsWalking route3 km▾
A gentle walk with time & space to reflect. Peace How looks over Derwent Water to the north, & Castle Crag – a WW1 memorial fell – to the south. It was gifted to NT in 1917, so that anyone affected by the WW1 could come & experience peace & tranquility.
Borger Dalr Geology Walk, North Lakes OutdoorsWalking route6.4 km▾
Explore the origins of Borrowdale as you walk from Bowder Stone car park to Castle Crag, including the poignant war memorial Peace Howe, and amazing views of the flat valley bed that was formerly the bottom of an Ice Age lake. A steep but gradual climb.
Seatoller, Styhead Tarn and Grains Gill Walk, North Lakes OutdoorsWalking route11.2 km▾
An invigorating circular into the the Lakeland fells beyond Borrowdale. Follow an ancient packhorse route, as mountain views of Great End & Great Gable rise above you. Relax by Sprinkling Tarn before returning via Grains Gill stream. Rugged rock paths.
Bowder Stone, North Lakes OutdoorsWalking route900 m▾
A short linear walk to the Bowder Stone; a house-sized boulder balanced inexplicably on its side. Climb the ladder to the top of this Georgian tourist attraction.
Longthwaite Roadpublic footpath · 55 m▾
🚴Cycling
v2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Route 6Cycling route▾
Temporary redirection of NCN 6 due to storm damage
Main RouteCycling route5.8 km▾
🐴Horse riding
v5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Horse riding
Stonethwaite Bridgebridleway · 20 m▾
About this religious grounds
St Andrew's Church is a religious grounds.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
Campsite
117m away
Parking
3 nearby · Free · 145m
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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