Top Adventures in Cumbria
Hike up Blencathra
Getting there: Follow the A66 towards Scales and once you are about 2 miles away from Threlkeld, you'll find a quaint pub called the White Horse Inn. To begin the hike, park your car anywhere along the side of the A66 (near the pub) or alternative...
4.5 miles
2306 ft gain
Hike Hellvellyn Loop via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge
This is a classic must do hike in the UK. It starts off with amazing views, becomes an adrenaline filled scramble, has even more amazing views, has another adrenaline filled scramble, then ends with painful downhilling.
Though the actual scramble...
8.7 miles
3000 ft gain
Hike Scaffel Pike via Styhead Tarn
This route begins in Seathwaite, which is mostly characterized by a car park and the Seathwaite farmyard, which you will cross through (on the road) to reach the start of the dirt trail. Walk the road south-bound through the valley for 0.8 miles, ...
9.2 miles
2949 ft gain
Hike to Stickle Tarn
Starting at the National Trust Stickle Ghyll car park (or utilising the free on road parking) make your way up the well maintained steps and path taking in Stickle Ghyll. The first half an hour of this walk is the steepest, with an early (easy) ri...
13 miles
3000 ft gain
Climb Scafell Pike
There are 3 main routes up to the summit of Scafell Pike; one from Borrowdale, one from Great Langdale, and the one we chose from Wasdale and the shores of Wast Water, England’s deepest Lake. No route is easier than the others and it’s down to per...
3.7 miles
2910 ft gain
